Elephants; the greatest threat to China & # 039: VIDEO

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The destruction of habitats threatened wild elephants in China

March 4, 2015 Last update on 23:44 GMT

The biggest threat to wild elephants in China is not poaching, but habitat destruction.

Tropical forests are being cut down to make way for rubber plantations.

Editor Carrie Gracie reports China.

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