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Researchers Find New Way to Count Gabon Forest Elephants

Researchers spent four years collecting elephant waste in the forests of Gabon in Central Africa. They used DNA to find out that there are 40 percent more elephants than they expected.

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Forest elephant tally encouraging

PONGARA NATIONAL PARK, Gabon Loss of habitat and poaching have made African forest elephants a critically endangered species. Yet the dense forests of sparsely populated Gabon in the Congo River Basin remain a “last stronghold” of the magnificent creatures, according to new research that concluded the population is much higher than previous estimates.

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Gabon is last bastion of endangered African forest elephants

PONGARA NATIONAL PARK, Gabon (AP) Loss of habitat and poaching have made African forest elephants a critically endangered species .

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Gabon is last bastion of endangered African forest elephants

Gabon is last bastion of endangered African forest elephants

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Endangered African forest elephants are thriving in Gabon, study finds

Endangered African forest elephants are thriving in Gabon, study finds
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