Biologist Reports Illegal Slaying of Elephants
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Elephants that wander outside Chad’s Zakouma National Park are being illegally slaughtered for their tusks, biologist Mike Fay of the Wildlife Conservation Society said Wednesday. Fay discovered five separate massacre sites totaling 100 individuals during a survey in the first week of August.
The region was home to 300,000 elephants 30 years ago, but the number is now down to about 10,000. Protection is good inside the park, but the animals often leave it during the wet season to search for food.
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