African conservationists decry rising threats to elephants, cheetahs


  • World
  • Monday, 27 Jul 2020

NAIROBI, July 26 (Xinhua) -- There is a need for African governments and conservation partners to act on emerging threats to elephants and cheetahs including pathogens, human-wildlife conflict and recurrent droughts, conservationists said on Sunday.

Winnie Kiiru, senior technical advisor at Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI) said the iconic mammals were facing new human and environmentally induced threats to their survival, hence the need for retooling of conservation efforts.

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