Why should you care?

Its costing YOU

Africa Depends on Tourism

Africa’s economy relies heavily on tourism,

25 million of the tourism industry solely comes from elephants.

44% of visitor numbers vary based on if an area has elephants or not.

That means the loss of elephants DIRECTLY influences millions of people's livelihoods.

Losing elephants will mean losing jobs, homes, and lives. Each elephant has actually been calculated to increase visitor numbers fivefold.

(Middleton & Middleton, 2020)

The cost of losing elephants exceeds the cost to save them, and the revenue they generate will make up for any money spent saving their species and saving so many families.

Even if the economic benefits don’t matter, it’s an important mission to save these animals for the health of all of Africa.

It's Hurting YOU

Human-Elephant Conflict

Elephant habitat loss leads to elephant-human conflict. When elephants come into contact with humans they can get agitated and anxious, These poor animals get scared and react defensively.

They end up accidentally harming structures, people, and trampling crops out of fear. These interactions will usually end in the killing of the elephant. These negative events destroy local cooperation and support. (Wittemyer, 2021)

Allowing Elephants their free space will eliminate this risk completely. Africa's population is expanding rapidly, and is predicted to reach double where it is now by 2050,

this means more farmlands and more infrastructure, and without designated protected land, human-elephant encounters are bound to increase astronomically.

Africa's Ecosystem

Elephants are keystone species

African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) play an important role in the stabilization of their ecosystems.

As a keystone species, they modify their environment to allow many other species to thrive. (World Wildlife, 2021)

By trampling forests and grasslands, they make room for smaller species to coexist alongside them. Seeds and nutrients are spread throughout the ecosystem through their waste, generating growth. They also dig up roots and plants, creating watering holes that provide for many other species during dry seasons.

Elephants are vital to the survival of other species and keep their ecosystems balanced. Without them, biodiversity would dramatically decrease and many other species wouldn’t be able to survive.

(Elephants are the Pillars of Africa’s ecosystem and they need our support, 2018)