A new study reveals alarming declines in African elephant populations, with savanna elephants down 70% and forest elephants down 90% since 1964. Poach

Savanna elephants have declined by about 70% and forest elephants by about 90% on average in the surveyed sites.

African elephant numbers have declined by up to 90% over the last 50 years, reveals new research. A mother elephant leads her calf away from danger in northern Kenya. (George Wittemyer / CSU via SWNS) As several families cross the Ewaso Ngiro River,

Habitat loss and poaching have driven dramatic declines in African elephants, but it is challenging to measure their numbers and monitor changes across the entire continent. A new study has analyzed 53 years of population survey data and found large-scale declines in most populations of both species of African elephants.