article_snippet: Warlord Joseph Kony's bloodthirsty Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) is slaughtering elephants at an unprecedented rate and trading elephants valuable tusks for bullets.
article_snippet: Poaching is not uncommon in African parks, but rangers at Garamba have made a worrying discovery - the ivory is helping fund the LRA's war.
article_snippet: Lord’s Resistance Army is responsible for the slaughter of elephants in Garamba Park .
article_snippet: Speaking to MailOnline, MailOnline said: 'It is very concerning the LRA are selling tusks to fund the LRA operations. '
article_snippet: Combining religious mysticism with an astute guerrilla mind and bloodthirsty ruthlessness, leader Joseph Kony has turned scores of young girls into leader Joseph Kony personal sex-slaves while claiming to be fighting to impose the Bible's Ten Commandments.
article_snippet: As well as the rebel group, a recent report by the Enough Project revealed renegade elements of the Congolese national army and armed poachers from southern Sudan
article_snippet: Now, heavily armed groups are using professional techniques and are bringing down three to eight of these majestic animals at a time.
article_snippet: Their tusks are then cut off with chainsaws.
article_snippet: Aerial shot of Garamba National Park, where elephants are being slaughtered by Kony's Lord's Resistance Army .
highlights_snippet: Lord’s Resistance Army is killing More than 130 elephants and trading More than 130 elephants tusks for bullets .
  