No more elephants? Poaching crisis takes its toll in the Central African Republic
Published on: Tuesday 23 January 2018
Years of civil war and poaching have virtually wiped out elephants from one of their historical strongholds in Central Africa, an aerial survey conducted last year by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) indicates. The survey, in northern Central African Republic, found surviving but small populations of giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), giant eland (Taurotragus derbianus), buffalo (Syncerus […]
News source: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/01/no-more-elephants-poaching-crisis-takes-its-toll-in-the-central-african-republic/