Tag: World Elephant Day

Forest Elephant in Nigeria | Wild Africa

Punch: Nigeria’s remaining 400 elephants face fight for survival — Conservationists

In a media briefing organised by Wild Africa and the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) ahead of World Elephant Day, conservationists issued a warning: Nigeria’s wild elephant population has plummeted to roughly 400 individuals—comprising approximately 300 forest elephants and 100 savannah elephants. Without urgent interventions, habitat loss, illegal wildlife trade, and

Wild Africa Marks World Elephant Day with a Call to End Human-Elephant Conflict

As the world marks World Elephant Day under the theme “Bringing the world together to help elephants”, wildlife conservation organisation Wild Africa urges Nigeria to intensify efforts to protect its dwindling elephant population by mitigating rising human-elephant conflicts which often leads to crop raiding, injuries, and fatalities on both sides.