I have a good friend whom I work around, and talk to on a regular basis....who brought up the topic of elephant populations. He said he was reading an article that stated elephants will be extinct in 10-15 years.

I know this is not true, but rather than bantering back and forth with him, can some of you guys recommend any good articles or studies that offer evidence against that? I would really like to educate him on the topic, rather than argue about it without verifiable facts.

Hi,

I have a report, Preliminary results elephants surveys Zimbabwe 2014.

PM me if you want it

"African Outfitter" magazine, many articles on the subject by Ron Thomson.

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Originally posted by ilitshe_zim:
Hi,

I have a report, Preliminary results elephants surveys Zimbabwe 2014.

PM me if you want it

Hopefully FWS has a copy.

http://www.conservationforce.o...0November%202014.pdf


Link to Zimbabwe's November CAMPFIRE meeting regarding elephant management.

I would advise to contact Neels Geldenhuys at editor@africanoutfitter.com to supply you with specific articles on this matter.

Ron Thomson's book, Mahohboh, is also very good reading material

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Originally posted by Scriptus:
"African Outfitter" magazine, many articles on the subject by Ron Thomson.

Excellent article by Ron Thomson. Just read it this week. He mentions that the last count for Elephant in Botswana totals to 207,000 animals. He believes that that number can be culled by 200,000, but fears that we might not see the recovery of the land in our life times. Same with Zimbabwe in Hwange where the count in 2013 was 50,000 elephants, with the carrying capacity of the park being 2,500. He also goes on to say that certain species in Botswana have diminished by as much as 90%, as they can't compete with elephants for food. So, to put that into perspective, where 100 Kudu once lived, only 10 are left.
Ron use to work for parks in Zimbabwe, so his hands on experience on this article he wrote was full of hard facts. He also goes as far to say that he does not doubt that there are certain populations that are under sever pressure, but to say that Elephants are endangered as a whole, is just ridiculous.