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African elephants 'suffer worst decline in 25 years' [1]

Africa's elephant population has suffered its worst drop in 25 years, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said on Sunday, blaming the plummeting numbers on poaching.

Publication Date: 
26/09/2016
Times Of India (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Africa [3], Elephant [4], Poaching [5], Wildlife Trade [6], Wildlife [7]
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