According to a new study, nthere are only just over 350,000 savanna elephants left in Africa: each year, it is eight percent less. Main reason for the decrease: poaching
Once upon a time, 20 million elephants live in Africa
It was estimated that up to 20 million elephants lived there before Europeans settled in the African continent. In 1979 there were still about 1.3 million. After the entry into force of an international ban on ivory in 1989, stocks have recovered in many places, but poachers have drastically decimated them since 2005.
A symbol that is being eradicated