Reblogged from Consortium of Defense Analysts:
A recently poached elephant, part of a family of six that was killed on or about October 27, brought down by a hail of 21 shots. (Photo: CBS)
Elephants, the largest living terrestrial animal, can live up to 70 years in the wild. They communicate by touch, sight, smell and sound; and use infrasound and seismic communication over long distances.
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My heart is sickened by the human avarice that's driving the killing of elephants for their tusks. At the rate that these intelligent creatures of God are being slaughtered, elephants will be extinct in Africa in 9 years. Tears . . . ~Dr. Eowyn
