The number of elephants dying from poaching is declining, with a mortality rate of 10% in 2011 falling to 4% in 2017, a new study finds
The animals were moved off endangered lists, and the population even seemed to be going up in some areas. Then, because of poaching, those numbers dropped. Drastically. Africa lost more than 100,000 elephants between 2006 and 2015, the worst poaching surge since the 1980s, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Now there's a bit of good news.
But trade and poaching bans in China and in Africa have also had the negative effect of driving the value of ivory up. Researchers also said that law enforcement in the areas can be inadequate in the face of thriving illegal markets. And police corruption compounds the problem, the study said.Poverty is one of the biggest motivators for poachingPoverty plays the biggest role in perpetuating the illegal trade, the researchers said.
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