African Elephant

Elephants actually occupy roughly half of Tanzania's total land mass, and frequently come into contact with rural Tanzanians, posing the greatest threat to farmers, their families and their crops, which the elephants can quickly destroy, causing farmers to lose precious time, money, and patience. Members of the Wildlife Conservation Society, along with the cooperation of several NGOs, are tirelessly working to implement practical and humane ways to reduce the human-elephant conflict. Humane deterrents, like planting sunflowers, a plant that elephants won't eat, and using spotlights to keep the elephants at bay, are two of the clever ideas being introduced and used to lessen the conflict between farmers and land's largest mammal!