Iriri aye!

Na this kind man go come on radio to disturb dey talk odetoode!

serious but w.t.f

Elephant poaching now in naija

so naija still have some of d most wild mammal on land.is it possible to find hyena,devils dog or lion in naija

Elephant in ogun state?Are they wild elephants left in that part of africa with all the meat epidemic?

Millions fo trunk? For rituals i guess!heading to kenya,Hummer jeep oooooooo.

This comes as a good news to me. Never knew we still have elephants in Naija. God bless Nigeria.

Really! I now believe that my great, great grandfather killed an elephant

one trunk for 25M abi 2k5? so ow much is a whole elephant o?

All this grammar yet no pic of the elephant.....in this this age of camphones everywhere?

I find it hard to believe elephants exist in this country outside the games reserves!

IGBO-SON:
All this grammar yet no pic of the elephant.....in this this age of camphones everywhere?

I find it hard to believe elephants exist in this country outside the games reserves!

Just because you eat up everything inside your forest doesn't mean other people don't know Anything about conservation.

Unfortunately for the hunter, he hunted the wrong animal at the wrong time.

In those days, it was a thing of pride and a sign of valour for a hunter to kill an elephant. He would be tagged 'ode aperin' (the hunter who kills an elephant) instantly. But those days are gone and never to return.

There are still lots of wild animals in what is left of the great forest of odua nation .special thanks to awolowo .
However,I think the time is ripe for a total shutdown of these forest reserves for the next 50 years.

Elephant in that part of nigeria that is not in the zoo sound almost like a life fish in sahara desert.It would have been great if such news is real and drastic conservation should be made a priority.

Understanding and preserving our wilds goes a long in revealing to us who we are.

[size=18pt]Of course there are elephants in Ogun, Oyo, Osun and Ondo States[/size]


[size=18pt]On the trail of forest elephants in Ogun, Ondo and Osun[/size]

*Elephants living next door to Lagos

By Tunde Akingbade

Nick Wicks, a Briton was on the second stage of an interview at Environment Resources Management (ERM), a United Kingdom based organisation in their office in London. He sat before Tunde Morakinyo, a British and Nigeria citizen who was carrying out the interview. Suddenly, Nick Wicks made some disclosures which surprised Tunde Morakinyo. Nick recalled that his father, Mr. Clive Wicks was once an expatriate who worked with a multinational company in Nigeria many years ago. Coincidentally, the elder Wicks was instrumental to the funding of certain environmental conservation efforts in Nigeria. Tunde Morakinyo who has also been involved with many United Nations projects on environment and most especially the UN/ REDD+ initiative was stunned. With very impressive background and experience in Conservation Biology which apparently runs in the family, Nick Wicks got the job which entails his coming to Nigeria to protect forest elephants.

Today, the younger Wicks is in Nigeria and with the support of Pro Natural International Nigeria, a non governmental organisation, he is on the trail of forest elephants in Ogun and Ondo states in a project called Omo-Shasha-Oluwa forest initiative.

During a meeting, Wicks who has worked in Asia, Europe and Latin America took this reporter on a voyage around conservation of forest elephants which are unbelievable living next door to Lagos!

Experts found that there is a remarkable difference between forest elephants and savannah elephants. According to Wicks, genetic study revealed that forest elephant has been separated from about 2-7 million years. The forest elephants in Nigeria found in Ondo, Osun and Ogun states are more threatened by deforestation. About 40 forest elephants are remaining in Omo-Shaha-Oluwa forest. Hunting, logging and farming methods used in the forest have affected them and depleted their population over the years. Experts fear that the elephants in the area could be extinct in five years if the problem of logging and poaching in their natural habitat continue. The African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta Africana was compared with the forest Elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) and they are found to be different from one another. The bush elephant lives in the savannah or desert area while the forest elephant lives in dense lowland forest. The savannah elephant can be found in Southern and Eastern part of African. It has a short and wide jaw while the forest elephant has long and narrow jaw and can be found in Central and West Africa. The height of the bush elephant is over effects the forest elephant is between 5 feet two inches to a foot 2 inches. Nick Wicks said that the two species of elephants now need to be treated as separate entities adding that deforestation is a major threat to forest elephants. This is one of the main reasons why the Omo-Oluwa-Shasha-Initiative began efforts to project some of the last remaining elephants in the rain forest of Western Nigeria.

Apart from the protection of the elephants, the aim of the conservation project is to also address the problem of poverty and other major social and economic issues affecting the local communities. The experts involved are using the community foundation model put up by Pro-Natural International Nigeria (PNI). This sustainable practice approach has been used in the efforts at tacking the problem in Southern Nigeria’s Niger Delta.

The forest elephants, according to Wicks are very shy, swift and intelligent. They can be very elusive and they know how to hide in the forest.

agbameta:

Just because you eat up everything inside your forest doesn't mean other people don't know Anything about conservation.

Must you tribalize every thrend and comment in nairaland? haba!

chukjojo: Must you tribalize every thrend and comment in nairaland? haba!

And where in my post you got tribe from or refered to any tribe? Only tribal paranoids like you see tribe in everything you read?

ode remo: serious but w.t.f

wish the law would also be swift on those financial poachers called politicians

Arrest human being becos of elephant God create them n hand them over 2 us so we r free 2 kill any of them
Abeg release them


Tolexander am also laughing becos of ur signature

angel TI: one trunk for 25M abi 2k5? so ow much is a whole elephant o?

I wonder oo, and the whole Nigeria never go into elephant business.

mekaboy:

I wonder oo, and the whole Nigeria never go into elephant business.

Heard that Elephant meat is great for 'manpower' tins too and very delicious.


*off to Ogun straight*

hardniola: so naija still have some of d most wild mammal on land.is it possible to find hyena,devils dog or lion in naija

Lol... There is a hyena and some lions in d OAU zoo in Ile-ife

Akpa ife: Arrest human being becos of elephant God create them n hand them over 2 us so we r free 2 kill any of them
Abeg release them


Tolexander am also laughing becos of ur signature

most of the lions, gorillas, leopard and elephants in nigeria are now endangered, no thanks to shallow thinkers like you.

boron10:
most of the lions, gorillas, leopard and elephants in nigeria are now endangered, no thanks to shallow thinkers like you.

Nigeria that humans are endangered, u dey tlk of animal. Nigeria where people dey chop people.

bloggernaija: There are still lots of wild animals in what is left of the great forest of odua nation .special thanks to awolowo .
However,I think the time is ripe for a total shutdown of these forest reserves for the next 50 years.

Na mumu like you dey bring ethnic sentiment into every story.

Wetin concern my Naija peeps with conservation. The only language they understand about wild life is "kill and chop"

Akpa ife: Arrest human being becos of elephant God create them n hand them over 2 us so we r free 2 kill any of them
Abeg release them


Tolexander am also laughing becos of ur signature

e gat as e be o!

Moreover, your handle self dey laff me o!

Elephant no bi meat again? I have be hungering to taste elephant meat, i need some please.

Never knew we hv Commissioner for Forestry in our polity

Dem won chop am or sell am

Must we kill everything! Whale com,we kill and chop,elephant? I don tire!