South Sudan's War on Wildlife - Paul Elkan

In the world's newest country, South Sudan's national pride and excitement over the ability to determine their own nation's direction devolved into a bloody power struggle. While this is bad news for the people, it is a potential disaster for the country's elephants, antelope and other game animals. WCS South Sudan director Paul Elkan says that the combating armies are poor and ill-equipped, so they see the animals as a walking food-pantry. But Elkan says that there is reason for hope: wildlife rangers have successfully arrested soldiers for poaching animals in the past, and the elephants managed to survive a 25-year civil war in the late 20th Century - maybe they still remember where to hide.