Interactive : Elephant figures are dramatically decreasing due to poaching and black market ivory trade . Christo says in 10 years time , if slaughter continues most of Africa 's elephants will be gone . The elephant is a symbol for the African continent because it was once one of its largest animals - but today only about 100,000 remain.
Elephant figures are dramatically decreasing due to poaching and black market ivory trade . Christo says in 10 years time , if slaughter continues most of Africa 's elephants will be gone . The elephant is a symbol for the African continent because it was once one of its largest animals - but today only about 100,000 remain.