In Tanzania, the government, with support from WWF, has launched the country's largest ever elephant collaring effort to protect its dwindling elephant population. With almost 90 per cent of the elephants lost over the last ...
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Britain will ban sales of ivory in a bid to help preserve the world's dwindling elephant population, the government announced Tuesday.
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Apr 3, 2018
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Scientists analysing data from aerial surveys carried out over one of East Africa's most important nature reserves have uncovered clusters of elephant carcasses close to some ranger posts.
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Dec 19, 2017
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A train has struck and killed five elephants as they crossed over tracks at a tea plantation in northeast India, an official said Monday.
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Dec 11, 2017
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Skyrocketing prices for rare animal products can push species to extinction even when their populations are abundant, researchers say.
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Dec 5, 2017
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As lead researchers in Africa's recent Great Elephant Census, wildlife ecologists Curtice Griffin and Scott Schlossberg at the University of Massachusetts Amherst also evaluated elephant counting methods in the wild. In a ...
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Oct 31, 2016
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Africa's elephant population has suffered its worst drop in 25 years, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said Sunday, blaming the plummeting numbers on poaching.
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Sep 25, 2016
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A critically endangered Sumatran elephant has given birth to her third calf in Indonesia, an official said Thursday.
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Elephants in Tanzania's sprawling Selous Game Reserve could be wiped out within six years if poaching continues at current levels, the World Wildlife Fund warned.
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Jun 1, 2016
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Protected areas, such as nature reserves and national parks, play a crucial role in sheltering wildlife, such as African elephants, from hunting and habitat destruction. But it's important that conservation managers understand ...
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