Myanmar: Poachers Are Killing Myanmar’s Elephants in Increasing Numbers

Sep 27, 2018 | Stephen Starr
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While the plight facing elephants across Africa has attracted significant international condemnation, and rightly so, less reported is the surging demand for elephant skin in China that is fuelling a spike in elephant killings in Myanmar. North and northeastern Myanmar share a 2,200km border with China in regions that are in places extremely remote and often beyond the control of the government. Myanmar’s Asian elephant population is critical: India aside, no country is home to as many.