The Onslaught on Elephants [IGNORE]

African elephant poaching has slowly declined in the past five years, but many are still being killed for their tusks. The overall population declined by 110,000 in the last decade.

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African Elephant range

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Deadly numbers

The total number of elephants in Africa is believed to have decreased by over 18% between 2006 and 2015.

A century ago there may have been as many as 3-5 million African elephants.

The cross-section of elephant tusks display a unique set of cross-hatching lines called Schreger lines.

These lines enable investigators to determine if seized ivory is synthetic, from mammoth tusks or from poached Elephants.

African elephants

There are two types of African elephants. They are as genetically distinct from each other as the Asian elephant is from the extinct woolly mammoth.

The Onslaught on Elephants [IGNORE]

African elephant poaching has slowly declined in the past five years, but many are still being killed for their tusks. The overall population declined by 110,000 in the last decade.

NOTE: We’re not currently using this.

Deadly numbers

The total number of elephants in Africa is believed to have decreased by over 18% between 2006 and 2015.

A century ago there may have been as many as 3-5 million African elephants.

Tusks

An African elephant tusk can grow to 3.5 meters in length. That's almost as long as a 1964 Volkswagon Beetle.

The cross-section of elephant tusks display a unique set of cross-hatching lines called Schreger lines.

These lines enable investigators to determine if seized ivory is synthetic, from mammoth tusks or from poached Elephants.

African elephants

There are two types of African elephants, the savanna and the forest elephant. They are as genetically distinct from each other as the Asian elephant is from the woolly mammoth.

Savanna elephants

Loxodonta africana

Height: 3.5 meters

Weight: 2,250 - 6,350.29 kg

Estimated number: 352,271

Forest Elephants

Loxodonta cyclotis

Height: 2.5 meters

Weight: 2,700 kg

Estimated number: Less than 100,000

The Onslaught on Elephants [IGNORE]

African elephant poaching has slowly declined in the past five years, but many are still being killed for their tusks. The overall population declined by 110,000 in the last decade.

NOTE: We’re not currently using this.

A century ago there may have been as many as 3-5 million African elephants.

Tusks

An African elephant tusk can grow to 3.5 meters in length.

The cross-section of elephant tusks display a unique set of cross-hatching lines called Schreger lines.

Savanna elephants

Loxodonta africana

Height: 3.5 meters

Weight: 2,250 - 6,350.29 kg

Estimated number: 352,271

Forest Elephants

Loxodonta cyclotis

Height: 2.5 meters

Weight: 2,700 kg

Estimated number: Less than 100,000

Asian Elephants

Elephas maximus

Height: 1.8 to 3.8 meters

Weight: 2,750 and 5,420 kilograms

Estimated number: Less than 50,000

The Onslaught on Elephants [IGNORE]

African elephant poaching has slowly declined in the past five years, but many are still being killed for their tusks. The overall population declined by 110,000 in the last decade.

NOTE: We’re not currently using this.

An African elephant tusk can grow to 3.5 meters in length. That's almost as long as a 1964 Volkswagon Beetle.

An African elephant tusk can grow to 3.5 meters in length. That's almost as long as a 1964 Volkswagon Beetle.

The cross-section of elephant tusks display a unique set of cross-hatching lines called Schreger lines.

These lines enable investigators to determine if seized ivory is synthetic, from mammoth tusks or from poached Elephants.

African elephants

There are two types of African elephants, the savanna and the forest elephant. They are as genetically distinct from each other as the Asian elephant is from the woolly mammoth.

Savanna elephants

Loxodonta africana

Height: 3.5 meters

Weight: 2,250 - 6,350.29 kg

Estimated number: 352,271

Forest Elephants

Loxodonta cyclotis

Height: 2.5 meters

Weight: 2,700 kg

Estimated number: Less than 100,000

Asian Elephants

Elephas maximus

Height: 1.8 to 3.8 meters

Weight: 2,750 and 5,420 kilograms

Estimated number: Less than 50,000