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Meat, not ivory, behind slaughter of forest elephants

“Markets in the Central African Republic offer all the jungle’s delicacies, including monkey, chimpanzee, antelope and, if you have the cash, even elephant.” - www.azstarnet.com ?

June 13, 2007   No Comments

Katy Payne

“Katy Payne listens to elephants. She spends part of her time in the
rainforest of the Central African Republic making recordings of elephants and observing their behavior. When she?s not in the field, she?s analyzing her data as part of the Bioacoustics Research Program of Cornell University?s Laboratory of Ornithology in Ithaca, New York.” - Earth & Sky

January 17, 2007   No Comments

Elephant Numbers Have Dramatically Fallen in the Central African Republic and Gabon

“Elephant numbers have dramatically fallen in the Central African Republic and Gabon because they are being killed for their ivory, the study says. ” - BBC News

October 24, 2002   No Comments