News Headline
Elephant poaching costs African nations $25 million a year in lost tourism revenue
Source
Mongabay (India)
Publication Date
2016-11-04
Every year, poachers kill around 30,000 African elephants for the illegal wildlife trade. The insatiable demand for ivory, mainly to supply Asian markets, has resulted in elephant population declines of up to 60 percent in just the last few years.