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Update 2 - Africa's Elephants In Crisis On BBC Radio

BBC Radio now has a second program about the mounting crisis for the future of elephants. Economic hardship in Africa, more people in East Asia having the money to buy ivory goods, and ever greater conflict between people and wildlife over water, food and space are combining to create a new period of crisis for Africa's elephants. See below for information about Part 1.

Special Update - Africa's Elephants In Crisis On BBC Radio

Kenya Wildlife Service warden Danny Woodley - with whom Amara works very closely - was interviewed in this BBC World Radio Broadcast which aired on August 19. The piece discusses the current situation for elephants in Africa, which is as bad as it was before the Ivory Ban in 1989. There has been a tremendous increase in poaching activity since the last legal sale of ivory; it's time we recognize that any "legal" market for ivory means inevitable extinction for the elephant population. As the piece points out, if the currrent estimated rate of poaching is sustained, the African elephant will be extinct effectively across most of the continent within fifteen years.