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Ivory hunters 'could wipe out elephants'

African elephants are being killed for their ivory at such a rate that most large groups could be extinct by 2020, researchers say.

African elephants are being killed for their ivory at such a rate that most large groups could be extinct by 2020, researchers say.

Samuel Wasser, of the University of Washington, said the elephant death rate from poaching was 8%.