Racing to save Kenya’s wild elephants from poachers

Name: Racing to save Kenya’s wild elephants from poachers
Uploaded: 2014-09-30T00:50:56Z
Duration: P490S
Description: For the African elephant, poaching has reached crisis levels, according to some advocates. Killed for their magnificent ivory tusks, activists worry that wild elephants could near extinction in a decade. Jeffrey Brown reports from Amboseli National Park in Kenya about the efforts underway to save the species and confront the poaching industry.

Clip: 09/29/2014 | 8m 10s

For the African elephant, poaching has reached crisis levels, according to some advocates. Killed for their magnificent ivory tusks, activists worry that wild elephants could near extinction in a decade. Jeffrey Brown reports from Amboseli National Park in Kenya about the efforts underway to save the species and confront the poaching industry.

Aired: 09/29/14

Rating: NR

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