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最新英语时事阅读题四（适用于初三和高一学生） A篇 Researchers say that as few as three major criminal groups are responsible for smuggling African elephant ivory tusks. And the research comes as Africas elephant population is decreasing quickly. The elephant population in Africa is estimated to be about 415,000. In 1979, there were about 1.3 million elephants on the continent and 100 years ago, the number was 5 million. The new study was published in Nature Human Behavior. The researchers examined the DNA of elephant tusks and evidence including telephone, financial, automobile and shipping records. They used the inf