Capturing elephants from the wild shortens their lives

(Forschungsverbund Berlin) Humans have captured wild Asian elephants for different purposes for more than 3,000 years. This still continues today despite the fact that the populations are declining. An international team of researchers has now analysed records of timber elephants in Myanmar to understand the effects of capture on the survival of the animals.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - August 7, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: news