Elephant Hunting - The Colonial Craze!

A short documentary about Samuel Baker's exploits in Sri Lanka. Baker, alongside other British colonials, hunted elephants in Sri Lanka during the 1800s, which left a dent in the elephant population.
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[@matthewzito6130]

Do you think Sri Lanka's current elephant population has enough space to increase or are elephant numbers limited by the amount of available habitat?

[@AegleCreations]

@@matthewzito6130 Actually, elephant numbers are quite high relative to the space available (there are even talks of exporting elephants to lessen the human elephant conflict 🤔). In fact, an island wide elephant census was conducted a few days ago in Sri Lanka. I think the elephant population is stable but there’s not enough space for them (or humans).

[@xentornotv1760]

Another solid video!