<p>Elephants kick up ash from a wildfire in the Sudd wetland. The fires, often set by pastoralists, underscore a new threat to wildlife: habitat loss. Poaching remains an ever present danger.</p>
Elephants kick up ash from a wildfire in the Sudd wetland. The fires, often set by pastoralists, underscore a new threat to wildlife: habitat loss. Poaching remains an ever present danger.
The Lost Herds of Southern Sudan
Sudan’s civil war ended in 2005. Peace brought the welcome discovery that the south still teems with Africa’s iconic animals.
This story appears in the November 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine.
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