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There are only 300 elephants in Nigeria’s wildlife —NCF

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There are only 300 elephants Nigeria’s wildlife, the Nigerian Conservation Foundation has said.

Mr Oladapo Soneye, Head of Communication, NCF, said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Ibadan.

Soneye said that the rapidly dwindling number of elephants in Nigeria had made it imperative for all stakeholders to scale up the protection of the world’s largest living land animal.

“Two subspecies of the African elephants with an estimated population of about 300 individuals are currently living in wildlife in Nigeria.

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“The forest elephants occupy the lowland tropical forests of Southern Nigeria, while the Savannah elephants make use of the vast woodland/grassland ecosystems, north of the country, mostly in protected areas.

“The population of forest elephants are in dire need of protection in Nigeria,” he said.

According to him, while the NCF and the Wildlife Conservation Society have spearheaded the protection of elephants in the country, there is the need for collaborative support and public awareness to protect them from extinction.

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