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February 9 2013

Gabon: Poachers kill 11,000 elephants

Poachers have killed more than 11,000 elephants in Gabon since 2004, it has been revealed.

The country is home to more than half of Africa's 40,000 forest elephants, which are prized for the quality of their pink-tinged ivory. Campaigners said the situation was "out of control" and blamed high demand for ivory jewellery in Asia.

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