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SUBMITTER: Schlossberg S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7311459 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schlossberg Scott S Chase Michael J MJ Gobush Kathleen S KS Wasser Samuel K SK Lindsay Keith K
Scientific reports 20200623 1
The most comprehensive data on poaching of African elephants comes from the Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) program, which reports numbers of illegally killed carcasses encountered by rangers. Recent studies utilizing MIKE data have reported that poaching of African elephants peaked in 2011 and has been decreasing through 2018. Closer examination of these studies, however, raises questions about the conclusion that poaching is decreasing throughout the continent. To provide mo ...[more]