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Forest Elephants

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Forest elephants in the Mbeli River, Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Congo. Despite a near universal ban on trade in ivory, poaching is placing the African forest elephant -- distinct from the savannah elephant -- in serious jeopardy.

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Image: Thomas Breuer

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