Fewer and fewer Asian elephants

2002/07/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Ingurumena

This is what the former director of the Kenyan wildlife service has denounced. According to him, in the last ten years about 80% of Asian wild elephants have disappeared, and only between 35,000 and 30,000 remain. It seems that as the economic situation of the inhabitants of China has improved, demand for bowling has increased, so illegal hunting has been disproportionate. He also fears that the next target will not be African elephants. However, he wants to make it clear that in the long run the greatest risk of wild elephants is habitat loss.