In Pictures: Elephant poaching in Dak Lak, Vietnam

Elephants which have been rescued from poachers' traps in the forest recover at Dak Lak Elephant Conservation Centre in Buon Don District, Dak Lak Province, Vietnam.

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Sep 26, 2018, 12:53 PM

A seven-year-old elephant named Jun, rescued from a poacher's trap in the forest, recovers at Dak Lak Elephant Conservation Centre in Buon Don District, Dak Lak Province. PHOTO: AFP

A seven-year-old elephant named Jun receives treatment from veterinarians at Dak Lak Elephant Conservation Centre in Buon Don District, Dak Lak Province. PHOTO: AFP

A seven-year-old elephant named Jun receives treatment on his wounded foot from veterinarians at Dak Lak Elephant Conservation Centre in Buon Don District, Dak Lak Province.

Thong Ngan, a rescued elephant with a broken tusk, walks in Yok Don National Park, Dak Lak province. PHOTO: AFP

Tourists ride elephants during a trek around Lak district, Dak Lak province. PHOTO: AFP

A mahout walks his elephant while tourists hang out after a round of elephant trekking in a resort in Lien Son town, Dak Lak province. PHOTO: AFP

A vendor holds a chopped elephant tail with hair for sale in Lien Son town, Dak Lak province. This grim new trade is endangering the country's few remaining elephants. PHOTO: AFP

A woman tries an ivory bracelet for sale at a tourist resort in Lien Son town, Dak Lak province. PHOTO: AFP

Visitors look at bracelets, figurines made of ivory and jewellery with elephant hair for sale at a shop in a tourist resort in Lien Son town, Dak Lak province. PHOTO: AFP

Visitors view the traditional home of the late Ama Kong, a legendary elephant tamer from the M'nong tribe, in Buon Don district, Dak Lak province. PHOTO: AFP

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