IN SHORT: NONFICTION; Born With a Trunk: Review

IN SHORT: NONFICTION; Born With a Trunk: Review

The African elephant -- the world's largest land mammal and one of nature's most majestic creatures -- has become the object of a massive international effort to save an endangered species from extinction. In the last decade alone, poaching for ivory in Africa has reduced the elephant popu...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New York times 1992
1. Verfasser: Andrews, Yolanda A
Format: Review
Sprache:eng
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ANDREWS, YOLANDA A
Norton, Boyd
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Zusammenfassung:The African elephant -- the world's largest land mammal and one of nature's most majestic creatures -- has become the object of a massive international effort to save an endangered species from extinction. In the last decade alone, poaching for ivory in Africa has reduced the elephant population from 1.3 million to about 600,000 -- a kill rate that would eliminate the elephant from most of that continent in the next 20 years. And for what?
ISSN:0362-4331