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RE: A new genetic study of elephants confirm that there are three species alive, not two – Will this end the debate once and for all?

in #nature6 years ago (edited)

Yes, of course genetic study of elephants could confirm that there are three species alive, instead of two, but there is a bigger issue than that. Extinction. We have many more threatened species every year, so the situation is out of control. I would certainly say that groups are in continuing decline. In fact, many species are declining in large numbers and many are stepping fast towards extinction. One of the main reason could be deforestation and trophy hunting. So you could stop hunting and that would be good, and there would be a transition to a positive effect or no more decline because of hunting. But even if you stop hunting, still they keep cutting the forest, then the species population will go down again. There has to be so much done to prevent elephant and all other species extinctions. I’m afraid humans just don’t care and only complain.

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Yep, you are completely right. All three species of elephants are getting close to extinction, but the African bush elephant is in a much worse situation than the other two. Hopefully this new status as a species will allow governments to put stricter protection in place to take care of it.

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