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Striding majestically across the savanna, the African elephant is an unmistakable symbol of power and strength. As recently as the 1970s, its numbers were so great that some conservationists worried about overpopulation. Now the elephant is involved in a desperate struggle to survive, and the reason for its peril is...
This week, to prevent such a tragedy, conservationists will unveil the most elaborate and costly plan in history to rescue a single species. Sponsored by the African Elephant Conservation Coordinating Group, a coalition of several international organizations, the plan calls for bolstering efforts to protect elephants against poachers, a study...
The leading destination for legal and perhaps illegal ivory is Asia. Hong Kong is a major manufacturer and exporter of ivory jewelry, and 30% of the colony's output goes to Americans. "People in the U.S. just don't connect ivory with elephants," says Mark Stanley Price, a director of...
Unfortunately, the decline in ivory trade in Japan and elsewhere may not reflect a drop in demand so much as the decimation of adult elephants. As mature elephants are killed, it becomes harder to satisfy the world's appetite for ivory. Stephen Cobb, who leads an ivory study for the...
Unwilling to let the elephant be wiped out, some governments have declared war on illegal killing. In Kenya armed patrols have orders to shoot poachers. Sometimes, though, the culprits are a formidable force themselves. At Kenya's Tsavo National Park, scores of poachers dressed in battle fatigues and armed with...