Eighty-three elephants were lost in 2015 alone, and another fifty-one elephant were killed in 2016. "If this situation goes on, all the Gourma elephants will be killed by 2020," said a member of MEP. Luckily, the voice of MEP was heard.

仅在2015年就有83头大象失踪，2016年就有51头大象被杀害。“如果这种情况继续下去，到2020年，吉尔马的所有大象都将被猎杀。”马拉大象项目的一名成员说。幸运的是，MEP的诉求被听到了。

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Gourma elephants don't necessarily walk farther than their East and Southern African cousins, but their movements are spread out over an area 150 percent bigger than those reported in Namibia, and 29 percent larger than those in Botswana, the researchers said.

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