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How wildlife and forest crime undermines development and ravages global biodiversity
- Source: UN Chronicle, Volume 51, Issue 2, Sep 2014, p. 13 - 15
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- 22 Sep 2014
Abstract
In September 2013, poachers in Zimbabwe poured deadly cyanide into a watering hole frequented by a large elephant herd. The results were catastrophic for the local wildlife. Over 300 elephants, lions, vultures, painted dogs and hyenas were killed. The tragedy in Zimbabwe is a dismally familiar story. Throughout the world, wildlife is trapped, gunned down, poisoned, and slaughtered, while forests are stripped of their trees. The pace of this destruction is driving some species to the brink of oblivion.
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