Why Wild Elephants In Vietnam Could Soon Be Extinct

From a position of reverence and adoration in past centuries, Asia’s Wild Elephants may soon become a thing of the past with the many threats and pressures they face today.

In many countries across Asia, elephants have become more of a pest: to be gotten rid of however possible. And, the problem is not restricted to just one or two countries alone.

The situation is so bad now that these giant mammals are presently critically endangered in many parts of their native habitats.

Modern day Vietnam is one example.

Conservation organizations reveal that Vietnam’s wild elephant population dropped by about 95 percent in just a few decades. They were between 1,500 and 2,000 elephants in vietnam as at 1990: today they number less than 100.

Also, more than 20 wild elephants died/were killed over the past seven years alone, and about 75 percent of those were not up to one year old.

These figures are alarming and represent a historic low over the last 15 years. The government and conservation bodies are now working frantically to save the last of these giant mammals.