between 2010 and 2012, more than 100,000 african elephants were illegally killed - primarily for their tusks, which are sold in china. 65% of all elephant deaths are now caused by poachers. (it was 25% in 2009.) At this rate, African elephants will become extinct in your lifetime.

the world's remaining great apes - chimps, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans - will become extinct in less than 80 years due to deforestation and poaching. human beings are the only hominids whose numbers are not declining.