 Unfortunately, the species is placed in harm's way due to the limited conservation areas provided in Africa.In most cases, the killings of the African bush elephant have occurred near the outskirts of the protected areas.In addition to being poached, the carcasses of elephants may get poisoned by the poachers, to avoid detection by vultures which help rangers track poaching activity by circling around dead animals, and pose a threat to those vultures or birds that scavenge on them.