Elephant Poaching In Africa Is On The Rise

from National Public Radio

Africa is in the middle of what Jeffrey Gettleman of The New York Times calls an epic elephant slaughter. He says poachers are killing more elephants now than at any time in the last two decades. He talks to Steve Inskeep about what's behind the resurgence in poaching and where the ivory is going.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, September 5, 2012