Elephants Without Borders and
UMass Amherst researchers update elephant data
Date: March 14, 2018
Source: University of Massachusetts at
Amherst
A new study of African savannah
elephant populations in Angola by wildlife ecologists from Elephants Without
Borders (EWB) and the University of Massachusetts Amherst reports today that
though the population seemed to be recovering after the war ended there, that
trend has now reversed, underlining "the need to be vigilant against
poaching and habitat loss," says first author Scott Schlossberg.
He and colleagues write,
"There may be time to reverse the ongoing decline of elephants in Angola
and conserve this important population" if the government commits to
"active protection." Schlossberg and Chase of the Botswana-based
conservation group did this work with co-author Curtice Griffin, professor of
environmental conservation at UMass Amherst. Details appear in PLOS ONE.
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