Wildlife officials in Kenya are on the lookout for a group of ivory poachers after a family of 11 elephants was found shot and killed in Tsavo National Park on Saturday. Kenya banned the trade of ivory in 1989, and while elephant poaching did enter a period of decline, the recent market demand has created a fierce resurgence. Saturday鈥檚 incident is . 鈥淲e鈥檝e seen nothing as bad as this since the 1980s,鈥 said Kenyan researcher Iain Douglas-Hamilton. 鈥淲e鈥檙e right back to where we were.鈥 The group of poachers, whom officials have called a 鈥済ang of 10,” are being pursued by by rangers using helicopters and police dogs.
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