Following population declines over several decades due to poaching for ivory and loss of habitat, the African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is now listed as Critically Endangered and the African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Previously, African elephants were treated as a single species, listed as Vulnerable; this… Continue reading African Elephant Species Critically Endangered
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India’s militant rhino protectors are challenging traditional views of how conservation works
Bhaskar Vira In Kaziranga, a national park in north-eastern India, rangers shoot people to protect rhinos. The park’s aggressive policing is, of course, controversial, but the results are clear: despite rising demand for illegal rhino horn, and plummeting numbers throughout Africa and South-East Asia, rhinos in Kaziranga are flourishing. Yet Kaziranga, which features in a… Continue reading India’s militant rhino protectors are challenging traditional views of how conservation works