An Elephant’s Understanding of the Concept of Death “You’ve all heard about elephant graveyards? Of course that is a myth. But what is not a myth is the amount of attention that elephants pay to their own species.” In the aftermath of the poaching crisis of the 1970’s Dr. Wasser arrived in … Continue reading »
“We are losing 50K elephants per year.” We have “only 470k elephants left on this planet.” “Habitat loss was traditionally the cause of dwindling wildlife populations, now poaching has overtaken this.” Illegal wildlife trafficking has become the 4th largest activity of the transnational organized crime networks, valued at $20 billion per year. Are Elephants … Continue reading »