South Sudan's elephants face imminent extinction

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Surroundx

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"The elephant population, estimated at 130,000 in 1986, has crashed to 5,000 if South Sudan is "lucky", WCS director in South Sudan Paul Elkan told reporters.

"Within the next five years, they could completely be gone with the current rates of poaching," Elkan said, adding that even security forces are "involved in trafficking.""

Source: AFP: South Sudan's elephants face extinction: experts
 
This is a really sad story for many reasons. The giraffes are getting hammered too.

The saddest part is that this is a really important ecosystem that is pretty much invisible to the world because it is in the middle of a war zone.

If ever there were a part of Africa that needed some publicity from the zoo world, this is it. Kudos to WCS and the Bronx Zoo for doing what they can.
 
David,
Do we know if there are any Giraffes left in South Sudan?
 
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