Terrorism and organised crime financing animal slaughter
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Arriving on military helicopters, aided by night vision cameras, the attackers opened up on their victims with AK-47s. It was a massacre.
The photograph is heart-wrenching and tragic. It is of elephant carcasses, 86 of which slaughtered in Chad a few weeks ago. The victims included more than 30 pregnant females. Many aborted their calves when shot. The hunters butchered some, and left the others to die. The elephants had huddled together helplessly for protection.
Poachers are decimatin...
