African elephants 'killed faster than they are being born'

Data released on UN world wildlife day shows overall population is still falling despite a recent reduction in levels of poaching for ivory

More African elephants are being killed for ivory than are being born, despite poaching levels falling for the fourth year in a row in 2015.

The new data, released on UN world wildlife day on Thursday, shows about 60% of elephant deaths are at the hands of poachers, meaning the overall population is most likely to be falling.