Ivory sales boost elephant poaching–as predicted
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2012: GENEVA, JOHANNESBURG– Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species secretary-general John Scanlon on February 29, 2012 reportedly expressed “grave concern” that as many as 450 elephants were poached in Bouba Ndjida National Park, northern Cameroon, during the first 60 days of 2012. Earlier, the Washington D.C.-based Environmental Investigation Agency [...]