Reports out of Kenya’s Amboseli National Park state that there’s currently an elephant baby boom underway.
Over the past 30 years, Kenya’s elephant population has flourished.
In fact, it’s more than doubled from 16,000 elephants in 1989 to 34,800 elephants in 2019.
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Those numbers will continue to rise thanks to an increase in births.
And there were even a set of twinsa rare occurrence.
That year, 113 calves were born, making this year’s numbers extraordinary.
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So what’s the cause of this baby boom?
The biggest factor is the environment.
This means that fewer elephants have perished due to starvation and dehydration.
But it’s not just the weather that’s creating a better environment for the elephants.
The Kenyan government has also made a concerted effort to crack down on poaching.
As a result, the number of poached elephants has dropped from 80 in 2018 to 34 in 2019.
And right now, in 2020, that number has dwindled to seven.
In fact, elephants invading farms and killing livestockwhich then triggers retaliationis becoming an increasing problem.
And Kenya’s elephant population is slowly increasing.
