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More than 100,000 Asian elephants may have existed at the start of the 20th century, but it’s estimated only 40,000 or so remain in the wild. Most herds live in reduced habitat too small to support them. The elephants then raid the plantations surrounding them. Threats: Poaching, reduced habitat, hunted for raiding plantations. Bull elephants tend to be more aggressive and do most of theraiding, so they are killed more often than cows. The result: inbreeding and a steady downward spiral to extinction. |
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