Researchers document huge drop in African elephants in a half century
But in southern Africa, elephant populations rose at 42 percent of the surveyed sites. "We have seen real success in a number of places across Africa, but particularly in southern Africa, with strong growth in populations in Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Namibia.
How can something this big go away? Survey finds drastic decline in elephant population
George Wittemyer said, "We have lost elephant populations in many countries ... with strong growth in populations in Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Namibia. For populations showing positive trends, we have had active stewardship and management by the governments ...
New study reveals drastic decline in African elephant populations over last 50 years due to poaching, habitat loss
African elephants are Earth’s largest land animals, remarkable mammals that are very intelligent and highly social. They also are in peril. Fresh evidence
African elephants have drastically declined in the last 50 years
African elephants face population decline due to habitat loss and poaching, highlighting urgent conservation needs.
53 years of survey data confirm African elephant decline
Habitat loss and poaching have driven dramatic declines in African elephants, but it is challenging to measure their numbers and monitor changes across the entire continent. A new study has analyzed 53 years of population survey data and found large-scale declines in most populations of both species of African elephants.
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Elephant towers on hind legs over tourists to eat from branches above camp
An elephant stood on its hind legs to reach over the heads of tourists and rip a branch from a tree overhead in Zimbabwe.
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Indaba explores ways to drive infrastructure in Zim
The Zimbabwe Institution of Engineers (ZIE) will host an infrastructure investment conference in Victoria Falls from ...
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Zimbabwe has been hit by a drought so severe, villagers and wildlife are locked in a life-or-death battle for food and water. SUE REID asks why British luvvies are now ...
Meanwhile Elisabeth Valerio, a conservationist at Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park, which has a huge numbers of elephants destined to be culled, claims: 'The trauma of (elephant) family members ...
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Drought in southern Africa: Zimbabwe, Namibia to cull elephants to feed the hungry
namely Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Angola and Namibia, making the region home to one of the largest elephant populations in the world. According to Reuters, the culling also formed part of ...
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Namibia: Are Politics and Profit Behind Plans to Cull Elephants?
They have also claimed that they have more than enough elephants (in Zimbabwe’s statement it’s "too many elephants”) and that the cull will alleviate ongoing human-elephant conflict situations.
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Bees help tackle elephant-human conflict in Kenya
"We used to hate elephants a lot," Kenyan farmer Charity Mwangome says, pausing from her work under the shade of a baobab ...
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Elephant named ‘Kamala’ dies at zoo days before the election – sparking ‘bad omen’ comments online
Kamala the elephant, who was living at The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington DC, had “irreversibly declined” in health, forcing keepers to euthanize ...
Global Hot List: The global war on incumbents continues
From Germany to South Korea, governing dysfunction is the rule of the day. The latest updates from Semafor global elections ...
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The best white elephant gifts that are funky, functional, and all under $50
Learn more If you're looking for a fun way to ring in the holiday season with friends and family, you can't go wrong with a white elephant party. For those not familiar, a white elephant is a gift ...
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Wrong trunk! Elephant calf rescue goes awry for rangers
A young elephant managed to get itself stuck between two tree stumps at Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe. But the rescue did not go as smoothly as anticipated.