This file photo taken on Feb. 29, 2016 shows an elephant at Samburu National Reserve, Kenya. Africa's overall elephant population has seen the worst declines in 25 years, mainly due to poaching over the past 10 years, according to the African Elephant Status Report launched by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) at the ongoing 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Spices of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Johannesburg on Sunday. The real decline in the past 10 years from estimates is considered to be closer to 111,000. The continental total is now thought to be about 415,000 elephants, although there may be an additional 117,000 to 135,000 elephants in areas not systematically surveyed. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)
