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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 British-born zoologist Iain Douglas-Hamilton has died at age 83, his Save the Elephants group said in a statement.

Douglas-Hamilton was known for decades of conservation work, which included pioneering trackers and collaring to protect elephants against poaching. He died Monday in Kenya, the statement said Tuesday. “Iain was instrumental in exposing the ivory poaching crisis, documenting the destruction of over half of Africa’s elephants in a single decade, leading up to a crucial…
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December 10, 2025
🌍 African elephant population has declined by 77% in the last 50 years

Of these, the number of savannah mammals decreased by 70%, and forest mammals by 90%. The main reasons for this were poaching and habitat loss. The scientists used population data collected from 475 sites in 37 countries from 1964 to 2016. In some places, elephants have disappeared, while in others their populations have increased thanks…
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November 16, 2024