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Data collected showed a 30 percent decline in the population of African savanna elephant in 15 of the 18 countries surveyed. [5] The reduction occurred between 2007 and 2014, representing a loss of approximately 144,000 elephants. [1] The total population of Africa's savannah elephants is 352,271, far lower than previously estimated. [1]
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 African bush elephant is listed as Endangered and the African forest elephant as Critically Endangered on the respective IUCN Red Lists. [ 57 ] [ 58 ] Based on vegetation types that provide suitable habitat for African elephants, it was estimated that in the early 19th century a maximum of 26,913,000 African elephants might have been ...
There are approximately 415,000 African elephants left in the world. The World Wildlife Foundation said that, in 2016, experts estimated their population had fallen by 111,000 over the course of a ...
There are about 415,000 African elephants and about 50,000 Asian elephants worldwide. ©Ondrej Prosicky/Shutterstock.com According to the IUCN , African elephants have an estimated population of ...
An international conservation organization has listed African elephants as critically endangered after a sharp population decline.
A decade later, the population was estimated to be 609,000; with 277,000 in Central Africa, 110,000 in Eastern Africa, 204,000 in Southern Africa, and 19,000 in Western Africa. The population of rainforest elephants was lower than anticipated, at around 214,000 individuals.
In response, President Mokgweetsi Masisi said Tuesday that he will send 20,000 elephants to Germany from Botswana's population of 130,000. “It’s not a joke,” Masisi told the German tabloid ...