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I Remember Elephants

10,000 Birds

In Africa, one elephant is being killed every 15 minutes. I say they were butchered, face-off. But the “illegal international trade” is already there, killing – among other places – in Kruger (S. Another ellie is being killed as you read this line. We are facing a plague of poaching that is again decimating the species.

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Is my Rhino Still Alive?

10,000 Birds

On average, over 100 rhinos were illegally killed each month. Molewa added that so far this year 49 rhino had been killed countrywide. Fast-forward to the present murky sky and the 1,215 rhino butchered last year.

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