Wahi a ka International Union for Conservation of Nature, ua hoʻemi ʻia ka helphant ma ka moku ʻApelika e 111 tausani mau kānaka i loko o hoʻokahi mau makahiki.
Aia ma kahi o 415,000 mau ʻelepani ma ʻApelika. I kēlā mau ʻāpana i nānā hewa ʻole ʻia, hiki i kahi 117 a i ka 135 tausani mau kānaka o kēia mau holoholona ke ola. Ma kahi o ʻelua hapakolu o ka heluna kanaka e noho ana ma ʻApelika Hema, iwakālua pākēneka ma ʻApelika Komohana, a ma ʻApelika Waena ma kahi o ʻeono pakeneka.
Pono e ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ke kumu nui o ka emi wikiwiki ʻana o ka helphant ka nui o ka ikaika i ka ʻimi ʻana, i hoʻomaka i nā 70-80s o ke kenekulia XX. ʻO kahi laʻana, ma ka hikina o ka ʻāina ʻeleʻele, ka mea e loli nui ʻia e nā mea ʻai holoholona, ua hapalua ka heluna kanaka elepani. Aia ka hewa nui i kēia hihia me Tanzania, kahi ma kahi o ʻelua hapakolu o ka heluna kanaka i luku ʻia. No ka hoʻohālikelike, ma Rwanda, Kenya a me Uganda, ʻaʻole i emi ka nui o nā ʻelepani, akā i kekahi mau wahi ua hoʻonui ʻia. Ua hōʻole nui ka heluna o nā ʻelepani ma Cameroon, Kongo, Gabon, a me ka ikaika loa ma ka Repubalika o Chad, ka Repubalika ʻApelika Waena a me ka Lepupalika Kemokalaka o Kongo.
ʻO ka hana hoʻokele waiwai kanaka, ma muli o kahi e nalowale ai nā ʻelepani i ko lākou wahi kūlohelohe, he mea nui nō hoʻi i ka emi ʻana o ka heluna kanaka. Wahi a nā kānaka noiʻi, ʻo kēia ka hōʻike mua e pili ana i ka nui o nā ʻelepani i ʻApelika i nā makahiki he 10 i hala.
