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8% of the world's African elephants are killed by poachers each year. That's more than 25 000 animals.
Every 15 minutes an African elephant is illegally killed.
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Seizures of illegal ivory are at their highest for 20 years with 23 tonnes seized in 2012, equivalent to the tusks of 2,500 elephants.
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This diagram shows the countries which import the most illegal ivory in the world.
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Statistics
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African Elephant Range 2013
Asian Elephant Range 2013
China
The illegal wildlife trade is annually worth more than
19 billion US dollars.
The Western Black Rhino was declared extinct in 2013.
Don't let this happen to the elephants as well.
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