In this image made from video released by Karl Amman, a wildlife photographer and investigator into the illegal trade in animals, a poacher smokes forest elephant meat in the Bungui forest, in the Central African Republic on May 3, 2007. Most people believe international demand for ivory is the biggest threat to elephants. But while wildlife experts are meeting in the Netherlands through June 16 to discuss the ban on the ivory trade, forest elephants, perhaps the most endangered elephant species in the world, are being hunted to extinction not only for their tusks, but for their meat. AP Photo logo AP Photo 32 months ago

In this image made from video released by Karl Amman, a wildlife photographer and investigator into the illegal trade in animals, a poacher smokes forest elephant meat in the Bungui forest, in the Central African Republic on May 3, 2007. Most people believe international demand for ivory is the biggest threat to elephants. But while wildlife experts are meeting in the Netherlands through June 16 to discuss the ban on the ivory trade, forest elephants, perhaps the most endangered elephant species in the world, are being hunted to extinction not only for their tusks, but for their meat.

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