Many of you may ask me, why another blog on 'Wild Elephant Herds'. Well, 'Forest Elephant Herds' who live in Central Africa have a special place in my heart 'ONLY' because they have just been discovered by wildlife biologists working in the Congo River Basin and are facing immense danger from vile poacher gangs who are mercilessly slaughtering them en masse.
For years, they have lived hidden mysterious lives within deep inaccessible forests in Central Africa and till they were discovered a few decades back it was safely assumed that all wild elephant herds in Africa were the same.
Now, we know that there are 2 species of wild elephants that live in Africa namely Savanna Elephant Herds who live in East Africa and South- West Africa respectively and Forest Elephants who live primarily in forests in Central Africa.
Forest Elephant Herds in Central Africa are unique wild elephants in more ways than one. They are shorter in stature than Savanna Elephant Herds and have bad eyesight as compared to Savanna Elephant Herds. They also live in smaller herds than savanna elephant herds.
Wildlife Research about their fantastic 'family life' and day to day activities is happening even at this very moment specially in the Central African Republic as well as in Gabon.
Wildlife Conservation Society - New York has been responsible for groundbreaking research among Forest Elephants since the 1990's solely through the efforts of Dr. Andrea Turkalo - a jungle tough biologist who has been living among forest elephants in Central Africa for the past 20 years where she has been documenting their precious lives on a daily and monthly basis.
Additionally, Dr. Mike Fay who is now the 'Resident Wildlife Biologist' with the National Geographic Society has been responsible for creating massive awareness about forest elephants in the Western World and has also been instrumental in saving countless lives of forest elephants in a number of countries in Central Africa.
Finally, if anyone has any videos and blogs to share on Forest Elephants I would be happy to host them at this Special Blog.
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