Poaching may be creating generation of tuskless elephants, scientists say

A team of scientists in Mozambique are researching to see if poaching has altered the genetics of elephants.

The scientists noted that among elephants who have survived poaching, there has been a 30 per cent increase of females born without tusks.  

One of the researchers has said that a key explanation for the tuskless elephants is the elephants who survived poaching then passed on the tuskless trait on to their daughters.