{"id":44401,"date":"2015-08-13T23:19:37","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T03:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=44401"},"modified":"2015-08-13T23:19:37","modified_gmt":"2015-08-14T03:19:37","slug":"tanzania-has-lost-two-thirds-of-its-elephants-in-just-the-last-4-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/tanzania-has-lost-two-thirds-of-its-elephants-in-just-the-last-4-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania Has Lost Two-Thirds Of Its Elephants In Just The Last 4 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tanzania has lost two-thirds of its elephant population in just the last 4 years, as a result of growing demand for ivory and the increasing professionalism of poachers, according to recent reports.<\/p>\n
Elephant numbers in the African country stood at around 316,000 individuals in 1976 (based on aerial surveys); 13,084 in 2013; and 8200 in 2014; and continues to fall rapidly — making for a pretty clear message. The Tanzanian government is apparently refusing to publish the 2014 numbers though.<\/p>\n