World's
smallest elephant in danger of dying out
Description:
The world¡¯s smallest elephant is in danger of dying
out as numbers reach just 1,000 in the wild, but there's hope it can be saved.
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Now, the world's smallest elephant is in danger of
dying out, but there's hope it can be saved.
It's thought there are now fewer than 1,000 Bornean
elephants left in the wild. That's why the International Union for Conservation
of Nature has added the diminutive elephant to their Red List of threatened
species.
The pint-sized pachyderm stands at 3 feet, smaller
than its bigger Asian cousins, and is known for its gentle, playful nature. But
they've lost much of their habitat in Borneo to deforestation.
Vic Menan is the chair of the Asian Elephants
Specialist Group at the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
He explained the impact that losing the Bornean
elephants would have had.
Vic Menan: The Bornean elephant is currently, in this
assessment, has been listed as endangered, which means it's at risk of
extinction unless we do something about it. And remember that this elephant is
only found largely in Sabah in Malaysia on the island of Borneo. And would be a
different place without a large mega herbivore like an elephant, something that
eats the amount of vegetation it does, something that shapes a forest around it
the way it does. You will find that that
forest will transform into a different kind of landscape without elephants.
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Questions:
1. Why has the International Union for Conservation of
Nature added the Bornean elephant to their Red List of threatened species?
2. What are some of the factors contributing to the
decline in the population of Bornean elephants?
3. According to Vic Menan, what impact would the
extinction of Bornean elephants have on the ecosystem in Sabah, Malaysia, and
the island of Borneo as a whole?