Cecil the lion is seen here in 2012 at his home in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park. Responding to his killing, the country has banned hunting of lions, leopards and elephants. By New York Daily ...

The number of elephants in the wild plummeted 30% overall between 2007 and 2014, despite large-scale conservation efforts. In some places, it has dropped more than 75% due to ivory poaching.