Poaching could wipe out Africa's savanna elephants, says study

Africa's savanna elephants could be wiped out, with their numbers falling rapidly, as ivory trades drive poaching across the continent, a study says.

The continent's savanna elephant population plummeted by about 30% from 2007 to 2014 and is declining at about 8% a year, said a survey funded by Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul Allen.