After the fall of the berlin november night. This is the that there is a show coming up fighting for survival. And funds are being targeted by poachers for their skin and. The animals will disappear altogether in the next 60 yards but can it be prevented plus. Is open defecation. A thing of the past Prime Minister Narendra Modi says it is to get a reality check. Welcome
to news asia its good to have you with us now theyve been in south and Southeast Asia for thousands of years but now their survival is under threat. Of conflict is posing an increasing risk to the survival of these elephants and nowhere is that more clear than in myanmar. Helping this 4 month old get through the hardest part of her day a deep clean of the nasty wound on her leg caused by a poacher sneer. And as an adult to watch you know we dont appear to let her stay with the other elephants because shes still young and her leg is still in pain we couldnt find her parents and were not sure whether or not they were kill
land for rice and palm oil plantations and more than ever before they become targets for poachers after their tusks and skin. it s turned into medicine and so-called red blood beats highly sought after in china for jewelry. a fashion trend with the high cost researchers warn that the skin trade could wipe out mars wild elephant population in less than 60 years. but a lot. of the smithsonian s khan s a version of. how he started your one elephant gone for many years and was a key figure in covering the ports in crisis in myanmar he joins me now from washington d.c. bitter african elephants for the longest time dog it s a fortune but not of the best overextended to elephants as well what is driving this. lesser or so punching has happened in asian elephants before poaching 5 area