FYI from the Globe & Mail

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/p...study-says-1.2740317

Actually CBC not Globe & Mail.

I am really not surprised. The whole world is forced to bend to China's needs. No matter what they are. Poaching is rampant everywhere I have been.

Jeff

Just viewed a couple young bulls an hour ago. Hope they survive this onslaught.

Sililar write up from BBC but with some other interesting information in the article.

"Researchers believe that since 2010 an average of nearly 35,000 elephants have been killed annually on the continent.

They warn that if the rate of poaching continues, the animals could be wiped out in 100 years.

...

While conservationists have long said the outlook was bleak, this study provides a detailed assessment of the impact this is having on Africa's elephants.

The researchers have found that between 2010 and 2013, Africa lost an average of 7% of its entire elephant population each year.

Because elephant births boost the population by about 5% annually, this means that overall more of the animals are being killed than are being born.

Julian Blanc, who also worked on the study, from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites), said: "If this is sustained, then we will see significant declines over time."