Rampant poaching threatens former elephant stronghold in Tanzania

Rampant ivory poaching has reduced the elephant population in Tanzania’s oldest and largest protected area by 90 percent in fewer than 40 years.
Nearly 110,000 elephants used to roam the savannas, wetlands, and forests of Selous Game Reserve—a World Heritage Site—in the mid-1970s. Now only 15...
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