Chester Moore, The Student Operated Press
November 8. 2007
The Asiatic elephant is spiraling toward extinction in the wild at an extremely alarming rate.
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) estimates wild populations, which are scattered throughout India, Nepal, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and a few other countries is between 25,600 to 32,750 individuals.
In comparison, WWF officials estimate there are between 470,000 and 690,000 African elephants left in the wild, putting their numbers at nearly 20 times the best calculations of Asiatics. Still, most media coverage on elephant problems deals strictly with Africans, which are NOT in immediate danger of extinction.
In fact, several countries have to (controversially) cull their herds annually because elephant numbers exceed the carrying capacity of the land.
To read more about elephants and other wildlife go to Chester Moore's blog at http://www.projectzooquest.org.
To read more about elephants and other wildlife go to Chester Moore's blog at http://www.projectzooquest.org.
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