Elephant poaching spikes in Botswana, endangering the species
A new study has found that poaching of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) for ivory has escalated in northern Botswana, a region that was previously one of the safest for the animals.
In the year just prior to the survey’s completion in 2018, poachers killed at least 385 elephants, report researchers led by Michael Chase from charitable organisation Elephants Without Borders in the journal Current Biology.
Published by Cosmos Magazine.
