Elephants fulfill crucial roles - they disperse seed, clear and open up the bush, build water holes and bring nutrients into the cycle of other animals and thus maintain the delicate balance of their ecosystem.

1950:

3.5 Mio elephants left in Africa

Today:

Only 400,000 left (-90%)

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There are two types of rhino in Southern Africa: the black rhino and the white rhino. Rhinos are poached for their horns, as the horn substance is said to have healing properties in Asia.

2016:

60 poached rhinos per year

2023:

600 poached rhinos per year

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