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SUBMITTER: Sampson C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5849331 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sampson Christie C McEvoy John J Oo Zaw Min ZM Chit Aung Myo AM Chan Aung Nyein AN Tonkyn David D Soe Paing P Songer Melissa M Williams A Christy AC Reisinger Klaus K Wittemyer George G Leimgruber Peter P
PloS one 20180313 3
In the southern Bago Yoma mountain range in Myanmar, Asian elephants are being killed at a disturbing rate. This emerging crisis was identified initially through a telemetry study when 7 of 19 of collared elephants were poached within a year of being fitted with a satellite-GPS collar. Subsequent follow up of ground teams confirmed the human caused death or disappearance of at least 19 elephants, including the seven collared individuals, within a 35 km2 area in less than two years. The carcasses ...[more]