GOING, GOING...

There are fewer than 500 000 elephants left in Africa, according to the 2016 Great Elephant Census – well down from the three to five million just a century ago. Humanelephant conflict and poaching seem inevitable and we know who wins those contests. On average, three elephants are being killed every hour in Africa. Add in their forest cousins in Asia, and that number becomes an elephant being shot every 15 minutes. Their future is in our hands.