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Poaching wiping out elephants, says study

An elephant with her baby at Olpejeta Conservancy in Laikipia County. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

African elephants have for the first time been classified as endangered and risk extinction, according to the latest assessment by International Union for Conservation and Nature (IUCN).

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