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Cameroon's Sahelian Elephants

How are elephants in Cameroon's Far North?

Cameroonian's three Sahelian Elephant populations are all in differnt states.

The majority of Cameroon's Elephant populations were last recorded over a decade ago, with some being even longer.

This page provides a clear and transparent look at the most recent count for each elephant population and its current status based on our Tusk Scale.

It is the goal of this page to draw attention to neglegeted and abandoned populations in the hopes they can receive updated counts. It is our firm stance that elephants can never be protected based off of outdated data

Waza National Park

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The health of Waza National Park's Elephant Population in the Far North region of Cameroon is in a critical state. This conclusion is reached based on the fact that the last population count was taken in 2007, almost two deacdes ago, totaling 246 Elephants.

Pennaz et al. supports this conclusion, going as far as to state that elephants abandoned the park decdes ago. The state of Elephants here is truly unknown. Reports have indicated elephants from Northern Nigeria migrate to and from here still but this cannot be confirmed. Boko Haram is confirmed active in the area making population counts extremly dangerous

Due to this lack of data, the security situation of the Far North, and the lack of will to conduct a modern count, the Waza population receives a blood tusk, as if not already gone, Elephants will cease to exsit here within the next decade if nothing is done

Blood Tusk: Waza earns a Blood Tusk due to the current Elephant population being unknown and most likely lost

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Kalamaloue National Park

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The health of Kalamaloue National Park's Elephant Population in the Far North region of Cameroon is in a critical state. This conclusion is reached based on the fact that the last population count was taken in 2007, almost two deacdes ago, totaling 250 Elephants.

Whether elepahnts exist here still is up for debate as no research has been done since this last count. Boko Haram is also active in the area making any potential count very dangerous.

Due to this lack of data, the security situation of the Far North, and the lack of will to conduct a modern count, the state of the Kalamaloue population is not known.

Blood Tusk: Kalamaloue earns a Blood Tusk due to the current Elephant population being unknown and possibly lost

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