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Elephants grazing in Kenya.

Credit: Julie Larsen Maher/Wildlife Conservation Society

Credit: Julie Larsen Maher/Wildlife Conservation Society

Elephants grazing in Kenya.
By Rick Badie
June 4, 2014

Today’s topic: Elephant conservation, a campaign with at least one local connection via Zoo Atlanta. Our city’s zoological institution has joined a herd that wants to stop both the sale and purchase of ivory as well as the potential extinction of African elephants. Officials from Zoo Atlanta and the Wildlife Conservation Society discuss the “96 Elephants” initiative.

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