The elephant ivory trade has been banned since 1990, but poaching continues.
Poaching accounts for about 40 percent of elephant deaths — that’s about 20,000 African elephants a year.
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More information on how elephants are faring today is here:
The state of the world’s elephant populations — Our World in Data
ELEPHANT ORGANIZATIONS:
The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee
Maria Fotopoulos writes about the connection between overpopulation and biodiversity loss, and from time to time other topics that confound her.
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