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  2. List of elephant species by population - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Poaching and Habitat Loss: The Dual Threats to Elephant ... - AOL

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    There are currently around 415,000 African elephants in the world (African bush and African forest combined), but there are only approximately 40,000 to 50,000 Asian elephants left.

  4. Southern African countries fear losing more elephants ... - AOL

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    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 ...

  5. African elephant - Wikipedia

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    The carrying capacity of remaining suitable habitats was estimated at 8,985,000 elephants at most by 1987. [59] In the 1970s and 1980s, the price of ivory rose, and poaching for ivory increased, particularly in Central African range countries where access to elephant habitats was facilitated by logging and petroleum mining industries. [32]

  6. Zimbabwe to cull 200 elephants to feed citizens left hungry ...

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    Zimbabwe has authorized a mass slaughter of elephants to feed citizens left hungry by its worst drought in decades. With nearly half of the country’s population facing the risk of acute hunger ...

  7. Chinese elephants expedition - Wikipedia

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    In March 2020, a group of 14 Asian elephants left their habitat in Pu'er City in the southeastern province of Yunnan, China. [1] [2] [3] The elephants were reported as far south as Menghai County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture. [4] After 17 months, they returned to their original sanctuary after a journey of 1300 km in early August 2021.

  8. Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in ...

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    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.

  9. Sri Lankan elephant - Wikipedia

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    During drought seasons many elephants damage agricultural land for food. Nearly 80 elephants were killed in northwestern Sri Lanka, 50 in south and east and another 30 in other parts of the country, totaling 160 elephant deaths in 2006 alone. Sri Lanka has thus become the country with the highest elephant mortality rate worldwide. [30]