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The emotive issue of elephant population control
Elephants can have a massive impact on the African landscape. They eat huge amounts of vegetation and need a lot of space, but throughout the continent their natural migration paths have been severely restricted by human encroachment.
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A limited range for roaming can mean high environmental impact by constrained herds. In Botswana, the large concentrations of elephants have an immense impact on woodlands close to the Chobe River. These big herbivores have destroyed great swathes of trees in their ceaseless
quest for food. While some regard this destruction as undesirable, others claim it is natural change within an ecosystem. |