Africa's elephant population has fallen by around 20 percent between 2006 and 2015, owing to a surge in ivory poaching,according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
"Organized criminal gangs operate large scale in Africa, passing ivory illegally to Asia, which is driving this massive poaching causing the decline in the population of elephants," says Ginette Hemley, a member of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
In it's African Elephant Status Report released at a wildlife…
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