Elephants Get Safe Passage

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asia_india_elephant_400h.jpg More than a thousand wild elephants have officially been given safe passage. A wildlife corridor linking two reserves in Karnataka, Southern India, has been handed over by the International Fund for Animal Welfare and the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) to forest officials. WTI reports this is the first time land has been bought by a nonprofit and signed over to the government to protect the habitat of the endangered Asian elephant. “This is a great step forward for elephant conservation in India,” says Vivek Menon, Executive Director of WTI and elephant biologist, “and a model I hope other wildlife groups will follow. One of the greatest threats facing Asian elephants today is the shrinking and fragmentation of their habitat. Protecting corridors that link these “inland islands” is vital to ensuring the species’ survival.” … Happy holidays.

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