'More than just a numbers game': killing elephants affects their kin

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By Morgan Erickson-DavisMay 30, 2014, 10:49 am59 pts
Researchers from the University of Sussex studied and compared the social behavior of two elephant herds: one that was severely affected by 1970 and 1980 culling operations and a herd that was relatively unaffected. In their results, the researchers found that the elephant herds that had experienced culling…

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