Civil War Depletes South Sudan’s Elephant Population
Posted by Enough Team on Feb 09, 2016
In South Sudan’s two-year old civil war, oil was a key factor in
fueling the war economy. But reports are emerging that elephants may
have contributed to this war economy. As reported last week by
Bloomberg News, South Sudan's wildlife service says at least 500
elephants were killed during the fighting over the past two years.
This comes in the wake of a warning by Major-General Philip Chol
Majak, the country’s director of wildlife services, that South Sudan
has suffered severe losses to wildlife. Although he said civilians are
guilty of illegal poaching, he also fingered both government and rebel
forces as being behind the crimes. Before the conflict, there were
5,000 elephants in South Sudan. There are now 2,500 elephants in the
country. The New York based Wildlife Conservation Society has
described the situation as “very alarming.”
Read the full story on Bloomberg News.
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