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The park's elephant population experienced significant declines during the 2000s, [4] [16] although reported size estimates have varied from more than 4,000 elephants in 2002, to fewer than 900 in 2005, and approximately 400–450 by 2010. [8] [5] There were an estimated 4,300–4,350
Map of Chad. Elephant hunting or elephant poaching and exploitation of their tusks for the ivory trade are illegal in Chad and pose a major threat to elephant populations. The profitable ivory industry is also a threat to the lives of rangers, even in the national parks, such as Zakouma National Park, the worst-affected area in terms of elephant poaching in Chad.
The Zakouma National Park is an important habitat with the highest number of large mammals. [6] Scimitar horned oryx are seen in the reserves of Chad in significant numbers, mostly in the Ouadi Rime Ouadi Achin Faunal Reserve. Also reported to survive in this reserve are the large population of addax (Addax nasomaculatus) and dama gazelle ...
Found primarily in the Congo Basin rainforest biome and ecoregions with remnant populations in the W-Arly-Pendjari Complex, Guinean Forests of West Africa and one or more islands in the southern Niger Delta. [2] Asian elephant: Elephas maximus: 50,000 [3] EN [3] [3] Extant in South Asia and Southeast Asia. [3] Indian elephant: Elephas maximus ...
The 2006 Zakouma elephant slaughter refers to a series of poaching massacres of African elephants in the vicinity of Zakouma National Park in southeastern Chad. These killings were documented in aerial surveys conducted from May through August 2006 and total at least 100 animals.
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 ...
Map of Chad with Bahr Salamat emphasized Coordinates: 10°37′39″N 19°24′55″E / 10.62750°N 19.41528°E / 10.62750; 19 Bahr Salamat Faunal Reserve (Réserve de faune du Bahr Salamat) is a conservation area in Chad .
When the international ivory trade reopened in 2006, the demand and price for ivory increased in Asia. The African bush elephant population in Chad's Zakouma National Park numbered 3,900 individuals in 2005. Within five years, more than 3,200 elephants were killed.