African elephant numbers plummet during 'worst decline in 25 years’

African elephant population has contracted by around 111,000 in the past decade as a result of poaching, study findsThe number of African elephants dropped by about 111,000 in the past decade as a result of poaching, a report released at the Johannesburg conference on the wildlife trade has found. News of the worst drop in elephant numbers in 25 years came amid disagreement on the second day of the global meeting over the best way to improve the plight of the animals, which are targeted for thei