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Elephants face extinction, warns lobby

An African Elephant with her calf. PHOTO: COURTESY

MOMBASA: Elephants will be extinct in Africa in 25 years if the current poaching rate continues, a global lobby group has warned.

African Elephant Coalition (AEC), in a report published on Monday, now wants the European Union and the European Commission to ban ivory trade.

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