Scientists call for halt to elephant hunting along Kenya-Tanzania border

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Elephants at Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. PHOTO I XINHUA









A group of international scientists said Thursday that the hunting of elephants along the Kenya-Tanzania border for their tusks should be stopped to save the giant land mammals from extinction.

In a letter published by Science, an international journal, 24 biologists, zoologists, and conservationists warned against trophy hunting of elephants along the Amboseli ecosystem that spans the Kenya-Tanzania border amid threat to tourism and the livelihoods of local communities.