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Tom Udall: “When you have 200 armed, heavily armed, people moving out of Sudan down into Cameroon, they get into a national park…”

On the recordMay 23, 2012
When you have 200 armed, heavily armed, people moving out of Sudan down into Cameroon, they get into a national park there in Cameroon and kill 200 to 450 elephants out of a total of maybe 600
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Tom Udall
Democratic · New Mexico

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Senator Udall highlights the severe poaching issue in Cameroon.

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