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Queen Omoregie, a conservationist in the Nigeria, contributed to this article, which was was first published by The Conversation. Read it at bit.ly/3Tlzylk.
“Nigeria is one of 37 African countries where elephants are found in the wild. Savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana) can be found in the north, and forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) in the south.
It's not clear how many elephants there are in Nigeria. Eighteen years ago, the African Elephant Study Report estimated that there were just
