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I'm Leah and you're live with Newsround on CBBC. | :00:11. | :00:15. | |
Today is the last day of the biggest ever meeting | :00:16. | :00:18. | |
of the world's countries to talk about protecting wildlife. | :00:19. | :00:21. | |
Jenny is in South Africa, where it's taking place. | :00:22. | :00:27. | |
Yes, there's been a lot of attention paid at this huge meeting | :00:28. | :00:33. | |
That's because thousands of them are being killed every year | :00:34. | :00:37. | |
Last week I went to meet some people who protect elephants and to see | :00:38. | :00:42. | |
This is the environment experts say they need, | :00:43. | :00:59. | |
who can be dangerous to them in many ways. | :01:00. | :01:06. | |
These beautiful elephants were not so easy to find. | :01:07. | :01:10. | |
I have come to the north-east of South Africa, far away from the big | :01:11. | :01:13. | |
cities and home to the famous Kruger National Park. | :01:14. | :01:16. | |
We are setting off this morning for a game of hide and | :01:17. | :01:18. | |
seek with a safari guide and a car and we have to be very patient, | :01:19. | :01:22. | |
It is a massive area where South Africa's wild animals | :01:23. | :01:31. | |
But strangely no sign of the one creature we had come looking for. | :01:32. | :01:42. | |
We are back at the camp now and we have been out all day | :01:43. | :01:49. | |
long and we have seen loads of animals, giraffes, lions, buffalo, | :01:50. | :01:51. | |
warthog, even crocodiles, but no elephants. | :01:52. | :01:53. | |
Getting so close to incredible elephants like this is | :01:54. | :02:05. | |
one of the most important ways South Africa believes | :02:06. | :02:08. | |
It gives people a thrill and helps them really understand how nature | :02:09. | :02:12. | |
For me, personally, elephants play a big role in the | :02:13. | :02:20. | |
ecosystem, especially clearing thick bush and as they walk with their big | :02:21. | :02:23. | |
bodies they clear pathways and make the bush more open. | :02:24. | :02:28. | |
It is a really good example where you can see elephants | :02:29. | :02:31. | |
de-barking a tree and you can see a beautiful tusk mark, | :02:32. | :02:33. | |
and how they use the tusks to take off the bark. | :02:34. | :02:38. | |
This will fall down eventually and create a whole new | :02:39. | :02:41. | |
ecosystem for a lot of other animals. | :02:42. | :02:44. | |
One of the ways people hope to stop the illegal hunting and | :02:45. | :02:47. | |
killing of elephants is to catch the people | :02:48. | :02:49. | |
They are trained to snaffle out trouble and catch poachers. | :02:50. | :02:59. | |
Once they are experts these dogs will be sent out on patrol | :03:00. | :03:03. | |
to protect animals in the wild or find stolen ivory. | :03:04. | :03:10. | |
The poaching problem in Africa as a whole is huge. | :03:11. | :03:12. | |
It is all over Africa and elephant populations are suffering big time | :03:13. | :03:16. | |
but the use of these working canines, working dogs, | :03:17. | :03:19. | |
the poachers know we can track them and we will indicate the presence | :03:20. | :03:23. | |
Without anti-poaching efforts in Africa we will lose all | :03:24. | :03:31. | |
of our wildlife, never mind just the elephant | :03:32. | :03:34. | |
which is getting hammered now, but we will lose everything. | :03:35. | :03:37. | |
Anti-poachers and rangers together hope to stop the crisis and keep | :03:38. | :03:40. | |
these awesome creatures around for generations to come. | :03:41. | :03:58. | |
Jenny, today is the last day of this big wildlife meeting, | :03:59. | :04:00. | |
Well, a huge amount has been decided during this conference. | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
183 of the world's countries are here to talk about | :04:06. | :04:07. | |
Everyone wants to help elephants and to stop poaching, | :04:08. | :04:11. | |
but they don't all agree about the best way to do it. | :04:12. | :04:15. | |
One suggestion to put all elephants in the top group of protected | :04:16. | :04:18. | |
animals didn't happen, as most countries didn't think | :04:19. | :04:20. | |
But one big announcement was a call for a ban on the buying | :04:21. | :04:26. | |
and selling of all ivory, not just between countries, | :04:27. | :04:28. | |
Countries don't have to obey that, but elephant charities are really | :04:29. | :04:34. | |
And that ban, Jen, is what Prince William called | :04:35. | :04:40. | |
for just before the meeting started, isn't it? | :04:41. | :04:42. | |
It's something he's spoken about often. | :04:43. | :04:50. | |
I asked Naomi Doak who works with Prince William's charity | :04:51. | :04:53. | |
The Royal Foundation why it was so important? | :04:54. | :05:00. | |
I think it sends a really clear message to everybody that the world | :05:01. | :05:07. | |
is not really OK with ivory trade anymore. We are in a crisis and | :05:08. | :05:12. | |
these things can't be traded or bought and sold. Importantly it also | :05:13. | :05:16. | |
sends a message to those that buy that the rest of the world is kind | :05:17. | :05:19. | |
of the point where they think it is not acceptable. | :05:20. | :05:20. | |
So some progress has been made in protecting | :05:21. | :05:22. | |
these amazing creatures, but getting everyone to agree | :05:23. | :05:24. | |
on the right way to save elephants and stop poaching isn't easy. | :05:25. | :05:27. | |
In other news, the strongest hurricane to hit the Caribbean | :05:28. | :05:38. | |
in nearly ten years has battered the country of Haiti. | :05:39. | :05:41. | |
Hurricane Matthew brought winds of 145 miles per hour and heavy | :05:42. | :05:44. | |
rain, leading to floods and worries of mudslides. | :05:45. | :05:45. | |
Roads have been blocked and homes have been destroyed, with thousands | :05:46. | :05:48. | |
Haiti is one of the world's poorest countries, and is still | :05:49. | :05:52. | |
recovering from a huge earthquake six years ago. | :05:53. | :05:56. | |
That's all from me, Newsround's back on CBBC this afternoon at 4.20pm. | :05:57. | :06:03. |