When a species' population gets too small, disease can be devastating. Take Nepal's Asian elephants, for example, where a tuberculosis scare threatens the country's already endangered population. According to the WWF, 25 are suspected as having TB; six elephants have been quarantined as "high risk" cases. There are just 170 Asian elephants in captivity in Nepal, with another 150 or so in the wild.

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Posted by John Platt on Jul 30, 2007 at 10:44 AM
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