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A park ranger looks over amputated elephant feet.

ments of many African nations are not stable. Poachers can bribe corrupt officials, offering them money to ignore their crimes. There are several poaching “hot spots” in Africa—easy places for poachers to find animals and move goods out of the country without getting caught. The countries of Tanza- nia and Mozambique in eastern Africa are two of the hot spots. So is the “Tridom” region on the continent’s western side, which includes parts of Gabon, Cameroon, and the Republic of the Congo. Most of the animals poached in Africa do not stay there. The world’s main buyers of poached animal goods are lo- cated in Asia. In the past, a lot of poaching also occurred

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