Elephants are Worth 76 Times More Alive than Dead

in Animal News

Ivory from a poached elephant sells on the black market for about $21,000. A living elephant, on the other hand, is worth more than $1.6 million in ecotourism opportunities. That’s the conclusion of a new report from the The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.

Link: Scientific American

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