Hi mommy Grandma told me that you are awesome Shirt

TODAYS ELEPHANT STATUS:Elephants once were common throughout Africa, even in northern Africa as late as Roman times. They have since disappeared from that area due to over hunting and the spread of the desert. Even though they are remarkably adaptable creatures, living in habitats ranging from lush rain forest to semi desert, there has been much speculation about their future. Surviving populations are pressured by poachers who slaughter elephants for their tusks and by rapidly increasing human settlements, which restrict elephants movements and reduce the size of their habitat.Today it would be difficult for elephants to survive for long periods of time outside protected parks and reserves. However, confining them also causes problems without access any longer to other areas, they may harm their own habitat by overfeeding and overuse. Sometimes they go out of protected areas and raid nearby farms.

 

Hi mommy Grandma told me that you are awesome Shirt

Today, both the African elephant and the Asian elephant are in danger. Under the Endangered Species Act, the African elephant is listed as a threatened species and the Asian elephant is listed as an endangered species. Endangered means a species is considered in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range, and threatened means a species is considered in danger of becoming endangered.SEARCH THE ANIMALSSearch this websitePOPULAR ANIMALSZebrasAquatic Warbler