Mondulkiri population of Asian elephants now an estimated 300 strong

[geovalin]

Wildlife researchers from the Mondulkiri provincial Department of Environment and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Cambodia) have recently completed collecting 85 Asian elephant dung samples for analysis to identify population size and migratory patterns.

 

It is estimated that about 300 elephants live in the protected areas of the province.

 

Provincial environment department director Keo Sopheak told The Post on August 23 that four years ago researchers had collected data on elephants in the province.

 

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[Nabby]

Wonder how they really determined that #? Could it be that there's so little forest remaining that it made them easy to count?