Threats to Elephants
Habitat Loss. Elephants are increasingly being crowded out of their habitats. Humans are encroaching these lands for farming and infrastructural development, ...
Elephant | Species | WWF - World Wildlife Fund
Today, the greatest threat to African elephants is wildlife crime, primarily poaching for the illegal ivory trade, while the greatest threat to Asian elephants ...
Threats to African elephants | WWF - Panda.org
Elephants are sometimes killed in retaliation. With human populations continuing to grow across their range, habitat loss and degradation - and conflict with ...
Threats to Elephants | David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation
Threats to Elephants · Why are elephants endangered? · Illegal Wildlife Trade · Human-Wildlife Conflict · Habitat Loss and Degradation. Elephants are rapidly ...
Threats and Challenges | West African Elephants
The primary threats for West African elephants are habitat loss, human-elephant conflict and poaching. The small and already highly fragmented populations face ...
African elephant species now Endangered and Critically ... - IUCN
The African forest elephant (loxodonta cyclotis) is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. The species occurs in the tropical ...
Threats Facing Asian Elephants
The main threats to Asian elephants are: Habitat destruction and human-elephant conflict. The forest habitat of Asian elephants has been decimated in recent ...
African elephant: strong, smart, but vulnerable - WWF-UK
Challenges affecting african elephants · Illegal wildlife trade. African elephants are vulnerable to poaching for their tusks. · Conflict with ...
Our Goal · Prevent illegal killing. · Protect elephant habitat. · Monitor elephant numbers, poaching rates, and threats to elephant habitat at key sites in Africa ...
African forest elephant: threats and conservation | IFAW
Instead, their numbers are estimated based on soil analysis, which measures the density and distribution of elephant dung. How can you help? African forest ...
Threats to Elephant Population & Species | Born Free USA
Elephant populations are extinct in many parts of their former range. Their numbers continue to drop rapidly due to several threats.
The duel threats to endangered elephants - Population Matters
It explores the main reasons African elephants are endangered: poaching and habitat fragmentation. It also examines how population growth contributes to both ...
The threats facing elephants in Asia and Africa are varied and complex from poaching to habitat loss to human-wildlife conflict. WWF works to conserve elephants ...
Tackling critical threats facing Asian elephants | Stories | WWF
WWF's Elly Allies aims to reverse population declines, safeguard and restore habitats, and move towards sustainable coexistence between elephants and people.
Breaking: US Fish and Wildlife Service issues stronger protections ...
Serious threats such as poaching, habitat encroachment and climate change continue to imperil this endangered species; African elephants have ...
Examining attention given to threats to elephant conservation on ...
The most pressing threats to the conservation of wild elephant populations are habitat loss, human-elephant conflict, and poaching.
The greatest threats to Asian elephants are habitat loss, fragmentation, and degradation; illegal killing (e.g. for their ivory and other products or in ...
Threats to Elephants - ElephantVoices
Elephants under pressure. Poaching for the commercial trade in ivory, increasing loss and fragmentation of natural habitats, conflict with people over ...
Human-elephant conflict: What it is and why it's a major threat
“Human-elephant conflict” describes negative interactions between elephants and humans. The most common forms are crop raiding (when elephants eat or destroy ...
Service Strengthens Measures to Enhance Conservation and ...
The most recent amendment was in 2016 in response to an increase in elephant poaching for ivory. Based on evaluations of the current threats to ...