the reason we became so worried is because it was a well protected poll lapopulation, if that could happen in a well protected population, it could happen to other well protected populations elsewhere. and that would be on the record in nature. the worst case that has been recorded recently is this terrible incident that took place in cameroon where 200 and perhaps upwards of 400 elephants were killed by a heavily amprme well organized militia, they traveled probably 1,000 miles on horse back to get there, they may have come from sudan or from chad, and it's interesting that they are now avoiding the park in chad because it has received good funding and has now become a slightly harder target to hit. also in vethere's been another massacre where an army helicopter was involved and again, a group of elephants were shot down. now, despite the fact that the overall picture is very dire, there are some success stories that point to what can be done. there's been successes recently in places that have received good funding and good programs with strong aid support. these include parks in gawan,