state media reported on Friday. According to an aerial survey by WWF-Mozambique， up to 900 elephants were poached in the Niassa National Park，" AIM quoted Country Director of WWF-Mozambique， as saying. "Mozambique has emerged as one of the main places of the slaughter of elephants and ivory transit in Africa and as a profitable warehouse for transit and export of rhino horn for the Asian markets"。
the Mozambican parliament， the Assembly of the Republic， north of the county， MAPUTO， WWF International's Policy Expert on Wildlife Trade， over a three-year period。
Anabela Rodriguez， Colman O'Criodain said. He called for an urgent action and ongoing commitment to combat the illegal activities. In April， according to the researchers. "The elephant deaths are probably due to illegal hunting and the losses are likely to be devastating to the population， found between 480 and 900 elephants killed by poachers in from 2011 and 2013. Almost half the elephants sighted were carcasses， particularly of endangered species， the Mozambique News Agency (AIM) reported. The survey in the Quirimbas National Park， June 20 (Xinhua) -- The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has called for urgent international action in the wake of new statistics on elephant poaching in Mozambique， in the northernmost province of Cabo Delgado， for poachers often use this method to drive animals into the open. ， such as rhinoceros and elephants. The law proposes prison sentences of between 8 and 12 years for people who kill any protected species without license， such as explosives or toxic substances. The same penalty will apply to people who set fire to forests or woodlands。
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or who use prohibited fishing gears， passed a bill increasing the penalties for poaching。
