African elephant fares better in countries with good education than in countries with newly created nature

Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 09:01 in Biology & Nature

Elephants are rare in African countries where poor schooling, a failing economy and widespread corruption are rife. Countries where these factors are well-organised have larger populations of elephants. It would appear that elephants enjoy better protection in African countries boasting a good education system and solid social-economic development than in countries where the wildlife parks have been expanded to accommodate them.

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