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The problem is that during the 1980s, a decade of heavy poaching, the elephants retreated to safer areas. and now people have moved into the corridors once used by the elephants.
-Richard Leakey
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The Problem Is That During The 1980s,

Richard Leakey
The problem is that during the 1980s, a decade of heavy poaching, the elephants retreated to safer areas. and now people have moved into the corridors once used by the elephants.
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