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SAVING THE ELEPHANT

Goodbye, jumbo

Elephant numbers: regions and selected countries

1981

1989

Zaire

376,000 103,000

Central African Republic

31,000

27,000

Congo

10,800 25.000

Gabon

13,400

92,000

Central Africa total

436,200 278,100

Kenya

65,000 18,000

Tanzania

203,900 75,000

Sudan

133,700 21,000

East Africa total

429,500 125,600

Botswana

South Africa

Zambia

20,000 58,000 8,000 8,200 160,000 45,000

Zimbabwe

47,000

49,000

Southern Africa total

309,000 203,300

West Africa total

17,600

15,700

Africa total

1,192,300

622,700

Source: African Elephant and Rhino Specialist Group