89 elephants slaughtered in Chad

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Surroundx

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In what is being called the worst elephant massacre in Africa this year, poachers have recently killed as many as 89 elephants in Chad. Stephanie Vergniault, the Chairman of SOS Elephants in Chad, says the elephants were slaughtered in a two-day period late last week near Tikem, on the southwest border of Chad and Cameroon. At least 30 of the elephants were pregnant. Images from a television news report show what appear to be an elephant still connected to its umbilical cord on the ground. Separately, 12 calves were also slaughtered.

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Surroundx said:
In what is being called the worst elephant massacre in Africa this year, poachers have recently killed as many as 89 elephants in Chad. Stephanie Vergniault, the Chairman of SOS Elephants in Chad, says the elephants were slaughtered in a two-day period late last week near Tikem, on the southwest border of Chad and Cameroon. At least 30 of the elephants were pregnant. Images from a television news report show what appear to be an elephant still connected to its umbilical cord on the ground. Separately, 12 calves were also slaughtered.

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Well they're not going to get much ivory from 12 calves so I guess that this is less about ivory and more about protecting people's livelihoods??
 
Steve Robinson said:
Well they're not going to get much ivory from 12 calves so I guess that this is less about ivory and more about protecting people's livelihoods??
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A "baby elephant" easily weighs more than 100 kg and can hinder your work significantly. So i guess they rather have been killed to get the whole thing done as quickly as possible.
 
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