Since this great quarantine began in March, more than 140 elephant calves have been born in Amboseli Park, in Kenya.
According to
the authorities of the region and of this park, in particular, they say it has
been a "baby boom", the largest in recent years.
Experts believe that this happened thanks to human confinement, along with new movement restrictions for locals and tourists, to prevent the mobility of people.
Another positive point was that there were many showers of rain, this generated a lot of vegetation and food for the grown-ups and they're young. “There's a lot to celebrate with these numbers,” says Winnie Kiiru, head of the Elephant Protection Initiative.
Since the results of a study done by Nature Communications, around 15,000 elephants fall into the hands of poachers, making around 350,000 in all of Africa.
The national
park where the Baby Boom happened was in Kenya, and it is where the largest
concentration of elephants is in all of Africa. The authorities say that around
1,500 elephants live in this park. It is also home to other types of animals such
as lions, leopards, cheetahs, and buffalo
