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More articles on African Elephant study:

BBC News: “Why elephants are seeking refuge in Botswana”

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37230700

 

National Geographic: “African Elephant Numbers Plummet 30 Percent, Landmark Survey Finds”

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/08/wildlife-african-elephants-population-decrease-great-elephant-census/

 

The Washington Post: “Africa’s elephants rapidly declining as poaching thrives”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/energy-environment/africas-elephants-rapidly-declining-as-poaching-thrives/2016/08/31/0e740128-6f93-11e6-993f-73c693a89820_story.html

 

The Daily Mail: “Revealed: Just 350,000 African elephants are left in the savannah down from 20MILLION in pre-colonial era”

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3767103/Just-350-000-African-elephants-left-savannah-20MILLION-pre-colonial-era.html

 

The Independent: “Elephant populations in ‘deeply disturbing’ decline on African savannah”

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/elephants-great-elephant-census-decline-population-poaching-savannah-africa-a7218691.html

 

Mashable: “Historic census reveals the true plight of Africa’s elephants”

http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/great-elephant-census-paul-allen/#k55QZ.pZ6sqi

 

The Guardian: “Poaching drives huge 30% decline in Africa’s savanna elephants”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/31/poaching-drives-huge-30-decline-in-africas-savannah-elephants