Ladyfreethinker, a favorite petition site of mine, via the Ambelosi Trust for Elephants, an organization I learned about just today, has an interesting piece on how there is a “baby boom” among elephants in Kenya.
“Baby booms are largely tied to ecological changes.”
I saw that and decided, it was time to get back to blogging on this site about my fascination with ecology. I have linked the article below, which you should read. I found it intriguing that, following heavy rain and floods two years, there was much loss of crops in Kenya. However, the rains also resulted in new vegetation, which apparently meant full stomachs for the elephants, and boom, well, yes, there has been a baby boom!
This is also heartening in other ways. It would appear that even the slightest increase in conservation efforts (of course, we already experience the corollary), we could see amazing results for not only elephants but various other species as well. Of course, this will not always work for all species. And yet, it is good to know that if we did combat climate change even a little, we can indeed see the reversal of at least some of the negative effects on some of the species.
With better knowledge of ecology, perhaps we can equip ourselves with tools to continue the fight against climate change and its deleterious effects.
References:
- Cover Image Courtesy of Pexels and Pixabay: https://www.pexels.com/photo/animal-wildlife-elephant-ivory-70080/
- The Ladyfreethinker article: https://ladyfreethinker.org/an-elephant-baby-boom-is-underway-at-kenyan-national-park-thanks-to-anti-poaching-efforts-and-increased-rainfall/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email