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Common name Binomial name/Trinomial name Population Status Trend Notes Image African bush elephant: Loxodonta africana: 352,000 [1]: EN [1] [1]The population has been reduced dramatically (african elephant populations in 18 countries declined by ~30%) since a mass ivory sell off by southern african countries in the early 2000's to present time.
The South Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh are home to nearly 44% of the elephants, 35% of the tigers and 31% of the leopards in India. [9] The state of Karnataka alone is home to 22% of the elephants, 18% of the tigers and 14% of the leopards in India.
The elephant found in Thailand is the Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus), a subspecies of the Asian elephant. In the early-20th century there were an estimated 100,000 captive elephants in Thailand. [3] In mid-2007 there were an estimated 3,456 captive elephants left in Thailand and roughly a thousand wild elephants. By 2017 the number ...
The country is home to almost a third of the world's savanna elephants, a population that has tripled since 1984, and Botswana is often hailed as a conservation success.
Namibia plans to cull 723 wild animals, including 83 elephants, and to distribute the meat to people struggling to feed themselves because of a severe drought across southern Africa, the ...
In countries like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, the Asian elephant is one of the most feared wild animals, even though they are less deadly than other local animals such as venomous snakes (which were estimated to claim more than 30 times more lives in Sri Lanka than elephants). [103] [104]
Southern African countries home to the largest elephant population in the world fear a rise in animal deaths in the coming months as food and water sources dwindle following a severe drought. The ...
Elephants in European zoos appear to have shorter lifespans than their wild counterparts at only 17 years, although other studies suggest that zoo elephants live just as long. [ 172 ] The use of elephants in circuses has also been controversial; the Humane Society of the United States has accused circuses of mistreating and distressing their ...