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False: “Almost 50.000 elephants are being poached a year”

Fact-check, FalseBy Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, NLJanuary 16, 2019Leave a comment

When the Netherlands announced a national ban on ivory trade on December 17th 2018, Dutch D66 European Parliament member Gerben Jan Gerbrandy shared an article from the D66’s website. In this article, Gerbrandy is quoted saying: Almost 50.000 elephants are being poached a year.” But reliable data shows this number is way too high.

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