In Africa, the bush- and forest-elephants are targeted for their ivory. Although it varies by these two species in size, shape, color and hardness, the use is pretty much the same – ornamental carvings,

African elephant population drops by dozens of thousands every year throughout Africa. The poaching pandemic fueled by raising demand for ivory in Asia and facilitated by poor governance, law-enforcement

Both bush- and forest-elephants are primarily targeted for their ivory bearing tusks nowadays. The tusks are transformed upper incisives with a steady growth trough the lifetime. Tusks are embedded deep

Poaching „epidemy“ on African elephants gets its toll in number of injured and orphaned elephants as well. Some of them recover and get back to a normal life, others remain permanently handicaped and still

Arthur F. Sniegon with an injured female elephant behind in Central Chad, 2017 Not all elephants being targeted by poachers die at the place in the shooting event. Across Africa there are lots of elephants

Remainings of a bush elephant bull in southern Chad, 2017. At least 5 elephants have been killed during a single poaching event. Arthur F. Sniegon inspecting the site. Skulls and big bones of bush elephants

Start of the killing Historically elephants have been killed by humans for subsistence. Tons of meat on every single adult individual lured people's attention since millenia and over the time many hunting