How many African elephants are in the US?

According to the WWF, there are approximately 415,000 African elephants left in the world. There are around 40,000 to 50,000 Asian elephants left. As previously stated, the ivory trade, habitat loss, poaching and elephant-human conflict pose threats to elephant populations.



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