"Tanzania has lost two-thirds of its elephant population over the last three-and-a-half decades, eNCA reported.

"Results in Selous, Mikumi, Ruaha and Ruangwa eco-systems show a drop of 66% in the population of elephants between 1976 and last year," Lazaro Nyalandu, Junior Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism was quoted as saying. "The Selous-Mikumi ecosystem had 109 419 elephants in 1976, but the number has gone to 13 084 now. This is very serious," the minister noted."

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I really wonder how that could have happened? 90% of the Selous is under the control of ethical and trustworthy professional hunting outfits (so much for being a national park), supervised by equally professional, transparent and utterly incorruptible wildlife authorties. The elephants must have emigrated.

Johan