Battle to save Africa’s elephants is gaining some ground
MIKUMI NATIONAL PARK, Tanzania — The elephant staggered and keeled over in the tall grass in southern Tanzania, where some of the world’s worst poaching has happened. “All the ‘easy’ elephants are dead,” said Drew McVey, East Africa manager for the WWF conservation group. In Tanzania’s Selous region, more newborn elephants are visible and confident elephants are moving more widely outside unfenced, officially protected areas, said Edward Kohi, principal research officer with the state Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute and leader of the GPS collaring program funded by WWF. However, the fight against the illegal ivory trade is like squeezing a balloon — when gains are made in one area, such as Tanzania, the killings intensify in another spot, like Mozambique’s Niassa reserve to the south, which is linked to the Selous by a wildlife corridor. Tanzania’s Selous-Mikumi region is known as one of the biggest killing fields for African elephants, but the vast wilderness of about 23,000 square miles still offers hope for the world’s biggest land animal.
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