Will Africa lose its giant? Elephant populations on the brink after a 70% drop

Published On : 2024-11-16T20:00:46+0530 [ IST ] | Author : Mayur_Tembhare
Reading Time : mins
Home Court Conflicts Claims

None :

With adults reaching up to 24 feet long, 13 feet tall and weighing up to 11 tons theAfrican elephants are among the largest mammals on the Earth. They are well known for their majestic size and brilliant tusks which also makes them a good catch for hunters and ivory dealers.

The trend of decline in population was observed in both species of African elephants – the African forest elephant(L. cyclotis) and the larger African bush elephant(L. africana). While forest elephant populations have fallen by 90 per cent on average the savanna elephant populations have declined by 70 per

Across Africa there are 415,000 elephants while a century ago there must have been as many as 3-5 million. While the condition all over is despicable some regions have shown positive increase too. For example both the species are particularly thriving in parts of southern Africa, particularly in Botswana. Pendjari National Park in Ben

The study author George Wittemyer said that the paper focuses on the scale of the declines and how widespread they are across the continent.

Kenya, Sudan Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania haven't done much better. To add to that there are reports that claim that Kenya shoots between 50 and 120 problem elephants each year.

Source : Reporters From Sunrise Chronicles

Tags : declinestudy author george wittemyer , Pendjari National Park , Sudan , Study , elephantsavanna elephant populations declined , Eastern , To , They , Colorado State University , Elephantsare ,

Summary :

Full Coverage on