Natural History Wanderings

ScienceBlog reported

In 2023, conservationists fitted a young bull elephant in Zambia with a GPS collar. Two years and nearly 12,000 kilometers later, his tracks had crossed four countries and six national parks — tracing migration routes elephants have followed for generations, now cut through by human borders they never agreed to.

Ancient elephant highways are colliding with modern borders, revealing how conservation zones fail the animals they’re meant to protect.

Read more at https://scienceblog.com/d-in-2023-conservationists-fitted-a-young-bull-elephant-in-zambia-with-a-gps-collar-two-years-and-nearly-12000-kilometers-later-his-tracks-had-crossed-four-countries-and-six-national-parks/