Deadly Harvest (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

Deadly Harvest

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Killing of elephants for their tusks has skyrocketed since 2009; a new study shows how quickly the illegal ivory moves to market. Here, an adolescent male elephant in central Kenya's Samburu National Reserve, found in 2012 by authorities before poachers could finish removing his tusks.

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David Daballen/Save the Elephants

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