500 elephants killed in two months
Poachers have killed nearly 500 elephants in just two months in a national park in Africa.
Nearly 500 elephants have been killed by poachers in the Bouba Ndjida National Park in northern Cameroon, near the border with Chad.
Nearly 500 elephants have been killed in a Cameroon national park in less than two months by poachers from Sudan and Chad, a park official told.
"As of today we estimate that 480 elephants have been slaughtered in our park," said park keeper Mathieu Fometa.
"These figures may be an underestimate because the park covers 220,000 hectares and it isn’t easy to travel to get accurate information."
The elephants were killed for their meat and for their tusks which are sold as ivory.
Park keepers are worried because they have spotted lots of baby elephants who have been orphaned by the poachers. If they are not spotted in time many will die from hunger or thirst.
