Report: At Least 200 Elephants Poached in Cameroonian National Park

in Animal News on February 16, 2012

Wildlife activists say poachers have slaughtered at least 200 elephants in four weeks in an ongoing killing spree in a Cameroonian national park. The International Fund for Animal Welfare said Thursday that many orphaned elephant calves have been spotted in the Bouba Ndjida National Park and it is feared they may soon die of hunger and thirst.

Link: Huffington Post

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