{"id":643,"date":"2018-01-02T12:53:32","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T12:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qxq.082.myftpupload.com\/?p=643"},"modified":"2022-06-23T13:25:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T13:25:28","slug":"two-elephants-killed-in-pakwachmurchison-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everbasedtours.com\/two-elephants-killed-in-pakwachmurchison-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"Two elephants killed in Pakwach (Murchison Falls)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:31px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\"><h1><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Two elephants killed in Pakwach (Murchison Falls)<\/span><\/h1><\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:-10px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#008000;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p>There has been a rumor spreading around that two elephants have been killed by a speeding bus around\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"http:\/\/qxq.082.myftpupload.com\/murchison-falls-national-park\/\"><strong>Murchison Falls National Park<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0on new years\u2019 eve ,but here at <a href=\"https:\/\/everbased.com\/\">Everbased Tours<\/a> we are yet to confirm whether the rumors are true or false.<\/p>\n<p>Deaths of these gentle giants due to car accidents has been rare but rather their lives have been mainly threatened by poachers hunting for ivory, with approximately 30,000 elephants slaughtered for their ivory every year, mainly to satisfy demand in the Asian market for products coveted as a traditional medicine or as status symbols. For example 50 year old Satao II, one of Africa\u2019s oldest and largest elephants was killed by poachers in Kenya in March of last year. And a leading elephant conservationist from Tanzania, Wayne Lotter, was shot dead in August of last year, poising a potential threat to the elephant population in East Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The latest\u00a0elephant census data\u00a0suggests that elephant populations fell by 30% in Africa between 2007 and 2014. <a href=\"https:\/\/everbased.com\/portfolio-items\/adventurous-kenya-safari\/\">Tanzania experienced<\/a> one of the biggest declines in elephant numbers.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Two elephants killed in Pakwach (Murchison Falls)\" title=\"Elephants-murchison-falls\" src=\"http:\/\/qxq.082.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Elephants-murchison-falls.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-802\"\/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[33],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.8 - 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