The 7-8/14 issue of Smithsonian contains an excellent article titled, "The Hunt for Africa's Most Notorious Elephant Poacher". It is interesting, and alarming, enough to read twice.

Was an intersting article for sure.

A good friend Of mine works for the group "African Parks"...Leon Lamprecht. He grew up in Kruger and his dad was a Kruger Ranger.

Leon is also a licensed TZ PH and used to run the Brittingham Company Tanzania Wildlife.

Hope they are successful in Chad.

Can the article be found online?

Thank you Lane.

Excelent article and for sure a wake up call
Holy balls, only in Africa they get away with it
Damn the Chinese for their insatiable appetite for ivory

Same thing is going on in CAR. Elephant poachers have reduced the population to something less than 200 terrified animals. An even greater threat in this region is the uncontrolled cattle grazing that is devastating the savannah and turning it into a desert. Hunter's dollars/euros are the only hope to turn the tide against the illegal grazing and poaching. I hope the "Smithsonian Magazine" will at least acknowledge that the sport hunter's money is the only hope for preserving the region.

Awful. Between the hunger for ivory by outsiders and the rising human infestation, elephants are only going to be here a little longer. I think regulated hunting would lengthen the time they have left, but I don't think it can save them.