Elephant death-toll rises to almost 500 in one park in Cameroon (warning: graphic photo)

Elephant massacre in Cameroon (warning: graphic photo) (02/17/2012) More than 200 elephants have been slaughtered for their tusks in less than a month in Cameroon, reports the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). The group blames Sudanese poachers for cross-border raids from Chad into Bouba Ndjida National Park in northern Cameroon. Elephant poachers kill unarmed wildlife ranger in Kenya (01/16/2012) Abdullahi Mohammed, an wildlife ranger, was killed in the line of duty in Kenya this weekend by elephant poachers. A ranger with the conservation organization Wildlife Works, Mohammed was shot by poachers in Wildlife Works Kasigau Corridor project, a REDD program (Reduced Emissions From Deforestation and Degradation). Forest elephant populations cut in half in protected area (11/14/2011) Warfare and poaching have decimated forest elephant populations across their rang...

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@donna_luca » 03 Mar '12, 5pm
RT @ISF_NorthAFRICA: Elephant death-toll rises to almost 500 in one park in Cameroon (warning: graphic photo) [link] via @mongabay
@IBWhitty » 03 Mar '12, 12am
Wildlife officials have found 458 dead #elephants in Cameroon's Bouba Ndjida Nat'l. Park [link] RT @ElephantMovie #graphic
@Poloyoda » 02 Mar '12, 8pm
Elephant death-toll rises to almost 500 in one park in Cameroon (warning: graphic photo) [link] @piepvandaag
@ky_cook » 02 Mar '12, 7pm
RT @ElephantMovie: Wildlife officials have found 458 dead elephants in Cameroon's Bouba Ndjida National Park [link] @mongabay #elephants
@Carolyne_BM » 02 Mar '12, 3am
Cameroon, Bouba Ndjida National Park: Poachers have slaughtered nearly 500 elephants for ivory in just six weeks. [link]
@pdjmoo » 01 Mar '12, 11am
MACHINE GUN SLAUGHTER: Elephant death-toll rises to almost 500 in one park in Cameroon (warning: graphic photo) [link]
@Isfangels_yalta » 01 Mar '12, 10am
Elephant death-toll rises to almost 500 in one park in Cameroon (warning: graphic photo) [link] с помощью @mongabay
@glennhurowitz » 01 Mar '12, 9am
More than 500 elephants killed in ongoing national park massacre. Cameroon government doing nothing. Help! [link]
@Isfangels_yalta » 01 Mar '12, 9am
RT @Jvanes06: Elephant death-toll rises to almost 500 in one park in Cameroon (warning: graphic photo) [link]
@KeepCanadaWild » 01 Mar '12, 6am
Lets not let this hapen to tarsand wolves: @EcoInternet Elephant death-toll rises to almost 500 in one park in Cameroon [link]
@MarcLisa_Trivia » 01 Mar '12, 5am
Elephant death-toll rises to almost 500 in one park in Cameroon (warning: graphic photo) [link] #Animals #Wildlife #Nature
@AniPochesneva » 01 Mar '12, 3am
all the elephants killed in a national park in #cameroon for china's ivory desires . info + pics: [link]
@kat_white » 29 Feb '12, 9pm
RT @BeatriceLacy: Elephant death-toll rises to almost 500 in one park in Cameroon (warning: graphic photo) [link] via @mongabay
@lingenhoehl » 29 Feb '12, 8pm
500 Elefanten in nur einem Park in Kamerun abgeschlachtet [link] - Käufern sollte man so einen Zahn mal durch den Anus treiben
@FabioAmbiente » 29 Feb '12, 8pm
Elephant death-toll rises to almost 500 in one park in Cameroon: Mongabay: Wildlife officials have found 458 dea... [link]
@EI_Forest » 29 Feb '12, 8pm
#forest Elephant death-toll rises to almost 500 in one park in Cameroon: Mongabay [link] *the end of ecology & nature
@ISF_KidsArmy_BE » 29 Feb '12, 7pm
THIS MUST STOP!! Elephant death-toll rises to almost 500 in one park in Cameroon (warning: graphic photo) [link] via @mongabay
@candicesimon » 29 Feb '12, 7pm
Wildlife officials have found 458 dead elephants in Cameroon's Bouba Ndjida National Park [link] @mongabay #elephants
@Kim_Moynahan » 29 Feb '12, 6pm
Damn. MT @johnrplatt Elephant death toll in Cameroon now 450-480 in past 6 wks; Shocking & horrifying! (graphic photo) [link]
@johnrplatt » 29 Feb '12, 6pm
Elephant death toll in Cameroon now 450-480 in past 6 weeks -- shocking & horrifying! (warning: graphic photo) [link]
@BeatriceLacy » 29 Feb '12, 6pm
Elephant death-toll rises to almost 500 in one park in Cameroon (warning: graphic photo) [link] via @mongabay
@aj3nk_ » 29 Feb '12, 6pm
RT @saveborneo: Elephant death-toll rises to almost 500 in one park in Cameroon (warning: graphic photo) [link]
@saveborneo » 29 Feb '12, 6pm
Elephant death-toll rises to almost 500 in one park in Cameroon (warning: graphic photo) [link]
@ElephantMovie » 02 Mar '12, 6pm
Wildlife officials have found 458 dead elephants in Cameroon's Bouba Ndjida National Park [link] @mongabay #elephants
@ABCGconserve » 01 Mar '12, 2pm
Elephant death-toll rises to almost 500 in one park in Cameroon (warning: graphic photo) [link] via @mongabay
@Koe_support_ISF » 01 Mar '12, 12pm
RT @Jvanes06: Elephant death-toll rises to almost 500 in one park in Cameroon (warning: graphic photo) [link]
@Dana_ISF_Ukr » 01 Mar '12, 9am
RT @Jvanes06: Elephant death-toll rises to almost 500 in one park in Cameroon (warning: graphic photo) [link]
@Jvanes06 » 01 Mar '12, 9am
Elephant death-toll rises to almost 500 in one park in Cameroon (warning: graphic photo) [link]
@artist369 » 01 Mar '12, 2am
Elephant death-toll rises to almost 500 in one park in Cameroon (warning: graphic photo) [link] via @mongabay
@fibergeneration » 01 Mar '12, 1am
Elephant death-toll rises to almost 500 in one park in Cameroon [link]
@falcon_red » 29 Feb '12, 10pm
RT @BeatriceLacy: Elephant death-toll rises to almost 500 in one park in Cameroon (warning: graphic photo) [link] via @mongabay
@Vlomography » 29 Feb '12, 7pm
Elephant death-toll rises to almost 500 in one park in Cameroon (warning: graphic photo) [link] via @mongabay
@AdamLShake » 29 Feb '12, 6pm
Elephant death-toll rises to almost 500 in one park in Cameroon (warning: graphic photo) [link] via @mongabay