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Africa’s elephant population drops 30 percent since 2007

by Sarah Menendez

Sep 1, 2016

A new study attributes the decline to an increase in poaching.

Elephants are pictured at the Ol Pejeta Sanctuary in Laikipia on April 28, 2016.

SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images

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