Dabere na International Union for Conservation of Nature, ọnụ ọgụgụ enyí na mpaghara Afrịka belatara puku mmadụ iri na otu n'otu na iri.
E nwere ihe ruru enyí 415,000 n'Africa. Na mpaghara ndị a na-ahụ anya oge niile, mmadụ ọzọ ruru 117 ruo 135 puku anụmanụ ndị a nwere ike ibi. Ihe dị ka ụzọ abụọ n'ụzọ atọ nke ndị bi na South Africa, pacenti iri abụọ na West Africa, yana Central Africa ihe dịka pesenti isii.
Ekwesiri ikwu na isi ihe kpatara onodu elephant bu ngwa ngwa kachasi ike n'igbu, nke malitere na 70s na 80s nke 20th century. Dịka ọmụmaatụ, na mpaghara ọwụwa anyanwụ nke kọntinent ojii, nke ndị ọchụnta ego na-emetụta kachasị, enyí bekee ọkara. Isi sekpụ okwu n'okwu a bụ na Tanzania, ebe e bibiri ihe dị ka ụzọ abụọ n'ụzọ atọ nke ndị bi na ya. N'iji ya tụnyere, na Rwanda, Kenya na Uganda, ọnụ ọgụgụ enyí esighị naanị belata, mana n'ebe ụfọdụ ọbụna mụbara. Onu ogugu Elephant agbadatala nke ukwuu na Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, na karisị nke ukwuu na Republic of Chad, Central African Republic na Democratic Republic of Congo.
Ọrụ akụ na ụba mmadụ, nke enyí na-efunahụ ebe obibi ha, na-enyekwa oke aka na mbelata ọnụ ọgụgụ enyí. Dabere na ndị ọrụ nyocha, nke a bụ akụkọ mbụ banyere ọnụọgụ enyí n'Africa n'ime afọ iri gara aga.
