'Twenty-six' forest elephants slaughtered in Central Africa

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22486152


Forest elephants in the Central African Republic have become a new target for poaching gangs

Men armed with Kalashnikov rifles have massacred 26 elephants in the Dzanga-Ndoki National Park in the Central African Republic, say conservationists.

WWF reported the number of carcasses, quoting its sources in the region.

Concern about what was happening in the park was raised earlier this week when it was said that ivory poachers were using a scientist's observation platform to shoot the animals.

Elephants regularly gather at the Bai, a large clearing, to drink.

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1. This just breaks my heart.

Why is it so hard for people to keep these beautiful animals safe? At the rate we're going, we won't have any elephants in the wild anymore in the next decade.

It just breaks my heart.