The world is presently witnessing brutality & annihilation of one of the most charismatic mammals on earth, the African Elephant at a shocking rate in human history. Poaching, habitat loss and other cruelty are alarming. Tanzania being a treasure of elephants in Africa has recently revealed its catastrophe.
The recent elephant census conducted in the main elephant ecosystems for seven months consecutively from May to November 2014, indicates a significant decline of current elephant population in Tanzania from 2009 to 2014 survey by 60%. At independence in 1961 there were 350,000 elephants and in 2009 were 110,000 and by 2014 the number dwindled to about 43,521.
‘The increase in elephant poaching is highly linked to an increase of ivory prices and illegal markets in the Far East and South East Asia’ Says Dr. Amani Ngusaru, WWF Tanzania Country Director on marking the World Elephant Day, 12th August 2015, in Dar es Salaam. Elephant poaching and trafficking of wildlife has increased dramatically in recent years, threatening the three pillars of life on earth: - sustainable development, peace and human rights.
It is now more urgent and important to come up with interventions that address the root causes of elephant poaching through more and improved international cooperation in source, transit and consumer countries as well as to identify and address any gaps in the current anti-poaching strategies for better protection of wild elephants.
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