Kruger National Park ranger using an axe to extract a tusk from the body of a naturally dead elephant (Loxodonta africana) to combat poaching, Kruger NP, South Africa

loxodonta africana african elephant loxodonta africana poaching species management adult man group tusk animal overview sequence kruger national park uniform loxodonta corpse ranger biosphere reserve bank rive vulnerable cut national park transborder park may hatchet great limpopo transfrontier park african elephants loxodonta africana poachings species protection species managements species protections adults men groups tusks animals overviews global sight global sights full length series sequences step steps uniforms corpses cadaver cadavers dead bodies dead body rangers biosphere reserves water edge banks rive water edges vulnerable species cutting sharp national parks sensitive natural areas transnational park transnational parks transborder parks transfrontier park transfrontier parks axe elephant ungulate mammal wild animal species destruction destruction of biodiversity environment biodiversity management stage of development individual person enumeration morphology zoology morphology organism shot limpopo province south africa southern africa africa cloth elephantidae proboscidea mammalia synapsida vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota death behavior environment protection environment management freshwater wetland area area threatened endangered species iucn red list of threatened species species convention on international trade in endangered species of wild cites tool material