Elephant family values

Observations on elephant habitat and conservation of elephants in Eritrea

“…Efforts must be made to protect them. Their value cannot be expressed monetarily, but it is substantial ecologically within their ecosystem, both as keystone or super-keystone species (Shoshani, 1992(Shoshani, , 1993 and in the context of ecotourism (Redmond, 1992(Redmond, , 1996. These authors stressed that saving elephants would automatically save large areas that would also protect other wildlife in the same ecosystem.…”