I can remember visiting a farm on the slopes on Kilimanjaro, and surveying the damage that elephants had done to the fields. The family were subsistence farmers. The damage the elephants had done could mean starvation for them. We were often told by Kenyans that elephants are no longer endangered, thanks to the ban on ivory. In fact, many argued that elephant populations were too large. I certainly had mixed feelings after seeing those trampled fields.
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Date: 2008-02-19 03:53 pm (UTC)I can remember visiting a farm on the slopes on Kilimanjaro, and surveying the damage that elephants had done to the fields. The family were subsistence farmers. The damage the elephants had done could mean starvation for them. We were often told by Kenyans that elephants are no longer endangered, thanks to the ban on ivory. In fact, many argued that elephant populations were too large. I certainly had mixed feelings after seeing those trampled fields.