{"id":1210,"date":"2019-08-12T01:45:51","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T01:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zimwonders.co.zw\/?p=1210"},"modified":"2019-08-12T01:45:51","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T01:45:51","slug":"spare-a-thought-for-the-elephant-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zimwonders.co.zw\/index.php\/2019\/08\/12\/spare-a-thought-for-the-elephant-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Spare a Thought for the Elephant Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

ON AUGUST 12, 2012<\/strong>, the inaugural World Elephant Day was launched to bring attention to the urgent plight of Asian and African elephants.<\/p>\n

The elephant is loved, revered and respected by people and cultures around the world, yet we balance on the brink of seeing the last of this magnificent creature.<\/p>\n

The escalation of poaching, habitat loss, human-elephant conflict and mistreatment in captivity are just some of the threats to both African and Asian elephants.<\/p>\n

Working towards better protection for wild elephants, improving enforcement policies to prevent the illegal poaching and trade of ivory, conserving elephant habitats, better treatment for captive elephants and, when appropriate, reintroducing captive elephants into natural, protected sanctuaries are the goals that numerous elephant conservation organizations are focusing on around the world.
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\nWorld Elephant Day asks you to experience elephants in non-exploitive and sustainable environments where elephants can thrive under care and protection. On World Elephant Day, August 12, express your concern, share your knowledge and support solutions for the better care of captive and wild elephants alike.<\/p>\n

According to the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF), in 1930, as many as 10 million wild elephants roamed huge swaths of the African continent. But decades of poaching and conflict have since decimated African elephant populations. In 2016, experts estimated that Africa\u2019s elephant population had dropped by 111,000 elephants in the span of a decade.<\/p>\n

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Parks rangers are playing a major part stem poaching<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Today, there are just 415,000 elephants across Africa. While elephant poaching is trending downward, with significant declines in East Africa, poaching continues to steer the species dangerously nearer to extinction.<\/p>\n

The Great Elephant Census spanned 18 countries and 295,000 miles, making it the largest, most comprehensive survey of African elephants ever. But the results, released in 2016, were sobering: Just 352,271 savanna elephants were found across their current range\u2014a 30% drop in seven years.<\/p>\n

In 2016, the IUCN reported that Africa\u2019s elephant population had seen its worst decline in 25 years, mostly as the result of intensified poaching for ivory. In East Africa, elephant populations have nearly halved in a decade. Botswana is currently home to more elephants (130 000) than any other African country, and southern Africa remains a stronghold for 293,000, or 70%, of the estimated remaining African elephants.<\/p>\n

An estimated number of 80 000 are in Zimbabwe.<\/a><\/p>\n

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