₦airaland Forum

Why can't ogun state arrange it like Kenyan people did so more tourists will visit and more money will go to ogun state government account,I hope the deads in ogun state can rest in peace,God really bless south west

I'm shocked. So something like this lies close to my dormot and yet, never heard of this.

Learnt that in the 50's, elephants roamed the forest near Oshogbo

cooldipo:
Wow.... Never knew they are that close!

They are,so don't try to go looking for ivory tusks to sell

And now their existence is known to the Nairalanders who kill and cook first then ask what animal they are eating is!

kolafolabi:
Thrash

Can't even spell trash.

SLIDEwaxie:
Tony Jaa... Work has come o. We need a protector

dude's form of matial art is deadly !

Where are d pictures of d elephants,they shld b protected agst ritualists d tusk is used in producing money.

It's good to see we have an elephant in Nigeria...

kunmiiii:
Nigerians have no respect for animals and wildlife and that's one of the major reasons why we also don't value human lives!!

Showing empathy to animals builds compassion in humans, if you know how the westerns love animals ehn, you can easily relate why human lives matters alot to them and their government.

Americans love animals but they hate their fellow Americans...so your argument is weak.

Teewhy2:
They should be well protected because there is hunger in the land and people will not hesitate to turn them to food.

And poach there trunk for the Benji osa mo bi ose lo?

Parks! Wide life parks is the solution, they are not just ours to prey upon but also to protect and care for, I weep when I watch parks like the Serengeti national park, golapigos, the Amazon and other national parks around the world and Nigeria has nothing to show. Who named us the giant of Africa, we need to sue that individual for giving us a false belief; the sooner we start understanding this creatures are our neighbours and are essential to the eco system of our land the better for us. Although I can't prove it scientifically but I believe the extinction of this animals is one of the factors contributing to global warming.

Teewhy2:
They should be well protected because there is hunger in the land and people will not hesitate to turn them to food.

My people that use human beings for money rituals will not think twice before using elephants for pepper soup.

Teewhy2:
They should be well protected because there is hunger in the land and people will not hesitate to turn them to food.

You say food? The ivory is gold.

actiondrilling:
The jungle was so thick that Emmanuel Olabode only found the elephants he was tracking when the great matriarch’s sniffing trunk reached out close enough to almost touch.

“She flapped her ears, blocking us to guard her family, then left in peace,” recalls Olabode. “It was extraordinary.”

The elusive elephants are just 100 kilometres from Lagos, Nigeria’s economic capital.

“They are scared of humans,” says Olabode, who leads the Forest Elephant Initiative, a conservation group in the Omo Forest, northeast of Lagos. “So they are active at night.”

Forest elephants are the shy relations of their larger savannah cousins and are experts at hiding; so skilled, in fact, very few in the city know about them.

The crowded concrete jungle of Lagos is better known for wild nightlife than nighttime wildlife.


“When people hear about the elephants, they do not believe it,” says Joy Adeosun, a government scientist working with Olabode.

“They are in shock,” adds Adeosun, fixing a motion-sensitive camera that has not only snapped elephants, but antelope, buffalo and chimpanzees too.

Omo, spreading across some 1,325 square kilometers of Ogun state, was protected as a government reserve nearly a century ago.

A UNESCO “biosphere reserve” of global importance, it is one of the last patches of pristine rainforest left in Nigeria.

Nigeria’s deforestation rates are among the highest in the world, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization.

“Chopping down trees is easy,” says Olabode, whose team of eight community rangers are overstretched.

“But if the forest goes, the whole ecosystem changes. The rains reduce, then the farms lose fertility. Everyone suffers.”

Half of the forest, a 650-square-kilometre area, is reserved for wildlife and logging is banned.

Researchers had feared only a handful of elephants were left. Then, in April 2018, the elephants burst out of the jungle.

Drivers slammed on their brakes as herds stampeded across a four-lane highway, with desperate mother elephants trying to smash central barriers for babies to cross, rangers said.

“They were looking for a new home,” Olabode explains, suggesting quarry blasts could have been the final straw.

Many were chased back, although some found a happy hideout even closer to the city.

Olabode now believes there could be a hundred elephants in Omo — but their remarkable survival is under threat like never before as their forest home is in danger.

Africa Nature Investors (ANI), a Nigerian conservation foundation, plans to develop eco-tourism to protect the forest.

“It will provide alternative employment,” says Filip Van Trier, a Belgian businessman brought up in Nigeria, outlining funding proposals he is heading for ANI, including tripling ranger numbers.

“But first we have to stop the logging.”

At dawn in Omo, monkey chatter echoes across misty treetops.

Then there is the echo of a gunshot, signalling that a hunter is in the forest. Soon after, the whine of chainsaws begins.

Both poachers and ivory dealers risk five years in prison — if laws were enforced.

In Omo, Olabode and his tiny team trek each day through the forests, trying to stop its destruction.

“If we let the forest go, people will say, ‘we should have protected the elephants’,” he says. “But by then, it will be too late.”

*Adapted from an AFP report on Omo Forest.

https://www.akelicious.net/2019/07/elephants-thrive-in-oguns-wild-forest.html

I love elephants,they're good luck.

majesty05:
Never heard of forest elephants till today. Nice one

We have the Savannah elephant and the forest elephant. The forest elephant is still thriving in south east Asia but it's numbers have greatly reduced in Africa. In ancient times, hunters use to catch wild elephants for the oba of Benin around the ovia river environs. There was a Benin war chief who once used an elephant as sacrifice after a war victory. I believe they are still in our forests but they are under threat. Same goes for the leopard

odigbosky:
We have the Savannah elephant and the forest elephant. The forest elephant is still thriving in south east Asia but it's numbers have greatly reduced in Africa. In ancient times, hunters use to catch wild elephants for the oba of Benin around the ovia river environs. There was a Benin war chief who once used an elephant as sacrifice after a war victory. I believe they are still in our forests but they are under threat. Same goes for the leopard

Interesting..

nototribalist:
Where is the pictures of elephants, Akelious.com that copy and paste like no tomorrow. Yesterday they posted a UK housing rent article and they changed UK to Nigeria. But couldn't change the uk agency company name

You are right. This report is also copy and paste from AFP sources:

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2019-07/06/content_37488819.htm

https://www.france24.com/en/20190705-elephants-jumbo-surprise-outside-nigerias-megacity


The moderators are doing a very disgraceful job of pushing bloggers to FP. Very obvious that there is something they are gaining from these posts that will benefit them.

actiondrilling:
The jungle was so thick that Emmanuel Olabode only found the elephants he was tracking when the great matriarch’s sniffing trunk reached out close enough to almost touch.

“She flapped her ears, blocking us to guard her family, then left in peace,” recalls Olabode. “It was extraordinary.”

The elusive elephants are just 100 kilometres from Lagos, Nigeria’s economic capital.

“They are scared of humans,” says Olabode, who leads the Forest Elephant Initiative, a conservation group in the Omo Forest, northeast of Lagos. “So they are active at night.”

Forest elephants are the shy relations of their larger savannah cousins and are experts at hiding; so skilled, in fact, very few in the city know about them.

The crowded concrete jungle of Lagos is better known for wild nightlife than nighttime wildlife.


“When people hear about the elephants, they do not believe it,” says Joy Adeosun, a government scientist working with Olabode.

“They are in shock,” adds Adeosun, fixing a motion-sensitive camera that has not only snapped elephants, but antelope, buffalo and chimpanzees too.

Omo, spreading across some 1,325 square kilometers of Ogun state, was protected as a government reserve nearly a century ago.

A UNESCO “biosphere reserve” of global importance, it is one of the last patches of pristine rainforest left in Nigeria.

Nigeria’s deforestation rates are among the highest in the world, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization.

“Chopping down trees is easy,” says Olabode, whose team of eight community rangers are overstretched.

“But if the forest goes, the whole ecosystem changes. The rains reduce, then the farms lose fertility. Everyone suffers.”

Half of the forest, a 650-square-kilometre area, is reserved for wildlife and logging is banned.

Researchers had feared only a handful of elephants were left. Then, in April 2018, the elephants burst out of the jungle.

Drivers slammed on their brakes as herds stampeded across a four-lane highway, with desperate mother elephants trying to smash central barriers for babies to cross, rangers said.

“They were looking for a new home,” Olabode explains, suggesting quarry blasts could have been the final straw.

Many were chased back, although some found a happy hideout even closer to the city.

Olabode now believes there could be a hundred elephants in Omo — but their remarkable survival is under threat like never before as their forest home is in danger.

Africa Nature Investors (ANI), a Nigerian conservation foundation, plans to develop eco-tourism to protect the forest.

“It will provide alternative employment,” says Filip Van Trier, a Belgian businessman brought up in Nigeria, outlining funding proposals he is heading for ANI, including tripling ranger numbers.

“But first we have to stop the logging.”

At dawn in Omo, monkey chatter echoes across misty treetops.

Then there is the echo of a gunshot, signalling that a hunter is in the forest. Soon after, the whine of chainsaws begins.

Both poachers and ivory dealers risk five years in prison — if laws were enforced.

In Omo, Olabode and his tiny team trek each day through the forests, trying to stop its destruction.

“If we let the forest go, people will say, ‘we should have protected the elephants’,” he says. “But by then, it will be too late.”

*Adapted from an AFP report on Omo Forest.

https://www.akelicious.net/2019/07/elephants-thrive-in-oguns-wild-forest.html

OP and those foolish group that posted this on twitter should be jailed.
You know fully well that this animals are seriously endanger even thought to be extinct, no thanks to poachers who hunt them for their ivory. People have already mentioned that posting this online is like giving poachers a clue yet you decided to bring it closer to their reach by posting it here. May the lives of these beautiful and innocent animals, who have been trying so hard to stay away frm human's reach be avenged on you and the stupid group of people that have been posting online.

Emmanuel Olabode my good frd

luminouz:
They are,so don't try to go looking for ivory tusks to sell

Funny you!



I sell powerbank for your laptop, Phones etc.... What is the use of an ivory to me?

Elephant