African elephants' range is just 17 percent of what it could be

There are about 18 million square kilometers in Africa that is suitable place for elephants to live . To put that in perspective, 18 million square kilometers is bigger than Russia. However, the range of elephants shrunk to just 17 percent of what it could be. The range is shrinking because of people killing the elephants for their ivory, habitat loss, and growth of human population. If the future of elephants are to be secured, it would take proactive landscape planning at the local, national, and continental scales. Fostering a ethic of human and elephant coexistence would also be necessary. It is truly sad that this is happening to elephants, and I think we should be doing more to help protect them. If the range of elephants continues to decrease, then they could possibly go extinct. We should be doing more to protect them to help the population grow instead of shrink. 

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210401112538.htm 

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  1. I agree with what you are saying and I am glad to see that some people do so much for these animals but it is a shame that sometimes they can't over do the poachers.

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