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Africa’s Elusive Forest Elephants Are Being Poached At A Staggering Rate
The population of forest elephants in Gabon’s Minkébé National Park — one of Central Africa’s largest and most important nature preserves — has declined by a whopping 81.5 per cent since 2004 due to poaching. It’s considered a major setback for the preservation of this endangered species, of which less than 100,000 remain in the…