News Headline

The ivory trade isn’t just a disaster for elephants. It threatens our future too

Source
Guardian (UK)

Publication Date
2016-08-12

Today is World Elephant Day, when people with a passion for pachyderms come together to celebrate the wonder of elephants and raise funds to protect them. It seems paradoxical that the largest land animal, which has come to symbolise strength and sagacity, should be so vulnerable – but across Africa and Asia numbers are dwindling as human activities and expanding agriculture squeeze elephants into smaller and smaller patches of fragmented habitat.

Content
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/12/ivory-trade-elephants-future-forest-poachers