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[forwards4all] Secret elephant graveyard discovered in the heart of Africa

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Secret elephant graveyard discovered in the heart of Africa

Lying in crumpled heaps, severed body parts strewn nearby, this is the terrible toll of the ivory trade on a once-thriving herd of elephants.

Thirty-five carcasses of the majestic gentle giants were found mutilated in a single attack by poachers at a popular safari destination in Cameroon. The heart-breaking sight was captured by a photographer last month - 20 years after the global ivory trade was officially banned to protect Africa's herds.

Cameroon is one of a number of African countries whose elephants are at risk of extinction due to a spike in organised gangs of poachers targeting them for their tusks.Local activists say 400 elephants may have been killed in this park alone since the beginning of the year – almost its total population according to the World Wildlife Fund.

This region of the country did contain Africa's largest population of savannah elephants. There are thought to be less than 5,000 elephants left in the whole country.

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[forwards4all] Strong earthquake strikes off the coast of Mexico

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Strong earthquake strikes off the coast of Mexico

A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Mexico on Thursday, waking up residents living near the Gulf of California, only hours after a separate temblor swayed tall buildings in Mexico City, causing evacuations.

The U.S. Geological Survey reported a 6.9 magnitude quake hit the waters between the Baja peninsula and the northern state of Sonora at 12:15 a.m. local time.The temblor was centered 82 miles northeast of Guerrero Negro, and 133 miles west of Hermosillo, and it hit some 6.4 miles below the surface.

It follows a 6.4 magnitude quake which struck a sparsely populated area in the mountains of western Mexico on Wednesday, and caused multi-story buildings to sway more than 200 miles away in Mexico City.