Photo: Elephants Decimated in Congo Park; China Demand Blamed

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A herd of African forest elephants cross a river in the Republic of the Congo.

In the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo, 10 percent of the elephants of Virunga National Park have been killed in the first eight months 2008, largely due to Chinese demand for ivory, park officials say.

Photograph by Michael Nichols/NGS

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