African carnage: One year's seized ivory likely came from 23,000 elephants

African elephants are being slaughtered for their ivory at a rate unprecedented since an international convention banning ivory trade took effect in 1989, a University of Washington biologist says.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news91714314.html">African carnage: One year's seized ivory likely came from 23,000 elephants</a></p> <p>African elephants are being slaughtered for their ivory at a rate unprecedented since an international convention banning ivory trade took effect in 1989, a University of Washington biologist says.</p>