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Western Africa
Central Africa
Southern
Africa
Eastern
Africa
CHAD
NIGER
MALI
NIGERIA
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC
OF CONGO
NAMIBIA
SOUTH AFRICA
BOTSWANA
ZIMBABWE
MOZAMBIQUE
TANZANIA
KENYA
ETHIOPIA
ERITREA
CENTRAL AFRICAN
REPUBLIC
CONGO
GABON
CAMEROON
EQ. GUINEA
BENIN
TOGO
GHANA
CÔTE
D’IVOIRE
BURKINA
FASO
SENEGAL
GUINEA
LIBERIA
UGANDA
RWANDA
ZAMBIA
MALAWI
ALGERIA
LIBYA
MOROCCO
Western Sahara
EGYPT
SUDAN
MAURITANIA
ANGOLA
SOMALIA
MADAGASCAR
Somaliland
SOUTH
SUDAN
SIERRA LEONE
GUINEA-
BISSAU
GAMBIA
BURUNDI
DJIBOUTI
LESOTHO
SWAZILAND
Percentage of illegally killed elephants per sub-region
Source: CITES, Monitor the Illegal Killing of Elephants, 2012; African Elephant
Database (AED)/IUCN/SSC African Elephant Specialist Group (AfESG.
Upper estimate
Lower estimate
Elephant range, 2007
Estimates of elephants illegally killed
in MIKE sites, 2011
Monitoring Illegal Killing
of Elephants (MIKE) sites
Known
Percentage
Possible