"Imminent Risk" Of Extinction For Elephants In Western And Central Africa - CITES
Monday, November 27, 2017, 17:33 - Elephants are at imminent threat of extinction in western and central Africa, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species' (CITES) secretary-general said on Monday (November 27) at the opening of its 69th week-long committee.
While a steady decline in poaching has been seen across the African continent since 2011, illegal killings of elephants remain at high levels that have been exceeding increases in population rates.
In 2006, a surge began in the illegal killings of elephants which culminated in 2011, when 30,000 elephants were killed on the African continent. This surge led to the beginning of a global effort to stop the trade of illegal ivory.
In more than 25 countries -- identified as being part of the ivory illegal trade as source countries, transit countries or destination countries -- wildlife crime is now treated as a serious crime and not just a trade offence. Offenders risk facing years in prison for killing animals, buying ivory or facilitating its trade.
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