Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Plight of Vietnamese elephants

Apparently there are only 76 wild elephants left in Vietnam, due mainly to deforestation and hunting. Scientists are to establish 3 reserves to help protect the remaining wild elephants, but 76 is a very small number to build up a viable population from - so lets hope they can perform miracles and prevent the extinction of these wonderful animals.

Trumpeting the plight of elephants

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