First-of-Its-Kind Handbook Helps Protect Endangered Asian Elephants From Roads and Railways

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By Cristen Hemingway JaynesMar 19, 2024, 5:41 pm138 pts
At the beginning of the 20th century, more than 100,000 Asian elephants were living in the wild. Now, it is estimated that just 52,000 remain. Among the reasons for their decline — in addition to poaching and human-elephant conflict — is the boom of newly built roads and railways, which lead to collisions,…

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