- African elephants "could fall by 1/5" due to poaching - There were 100 million at turn of 20th century. That has fallen to 1/2 million. 22,000 were killed in 2012. Rate of killing compared to natural population growth means the largest animal on earth could soon become extinct. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/dec/02/african-elephant-numbers-fall-poaching 259 comments worldnews
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