Human activity and habitat loss are causing a decline in the elephant population in Nigeria, with their numbers and ranges decreasing over time. Forest elephants are classified as critically endangered, but surveys have not been conducted in southern Nigeria for over a decade, making it difficult to determine the current elephant population.
Nigeria is one of 37 African countries where elephants are still found in the wild, but their numbers are reducing as human activity encroaches on their natural forest habitat. Human population growth is pushing into Nigeria n forests with logging and agriculture steadily reducing their natural habitat, leading to some elephant populations being lost completely, while others exist only in small, fragmented areas.
Forest elephants are classified as 'critically endangered' by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Elephant surveys have, however, not been carried out in southern Nigeria for over a decade, and sightings of forest elephants are rare, so it’s unclear how many elephants there are left. Eighteen years ago, the African Elephant Study Report estimated that there were just 94 elephants left in the country, but in 2021, it was estimated that there could be about 400 elephants in areas not systematically surveyed. Nobody really knows. What we do know, however, is that the numbers and ranges of elephants in Nigeria have declined greatly over time
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