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New data from satellites has provided further evidence that the deaths of hundreds of endangered Botswanan elephants were the result of climate change.. A new analysis found that the mass die-off ...
Delegates said climate change has worsened human-wildlife conflict as elephants encroach on human habitat in search of food and water. Last year Zimbabwe lost 50 people to elephant attacks.
35 elephants suddenly dropped dead in 2020, and no one could explain why, yet these new findings may just be the answer The truth behind why African elephants are dropping dead Skip to main content
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 present from the Sahel in the north to the Highveld in the south. Decrease of suitable habitat was the major cause for the decline of elephant populations until ...
Between 1979 and 1989, the African elephant population decreased from 1.3 million to 600,000. Ivory became a billion-dollar market, with about 80% of the supply taken from illegally killed elephants. [2] [3] As of 2014, according to a report by the Wildlife Conservation Society, about 96 African elephants are killed for their tusks every day.
It is threatened foremost by habitat destruction, and in parts of its range also by poaching for meat and ivory. Between 2003 and 2015, the illegal killing of 14,606 African bush elephants was reported by rangers across 29 range countries. Chad is a major transit country for smuggling of ivory in West Africa. This trend was curtailed by raising ...
Studies indicate that climate change may be making El Ninos stronger, leading to more extreme consequences. Authorities fear a repeat of 2019, when more than 200 elephants in Hwange died in a ...
African elephants continue to remain a high target for poachers and some researchers have estimated that African elephants may be extinct in 25–50 years in the wild. [34] African elephants have experienced a 60-70% decline in population in two decades, 1979–2002. [35]