The graph below shows the changes in maximum number of Asian elephants between 1994 and 2007. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The graph shows the estimated maximum

population

of

elephants

in a range of Asian countries in both 1997 and 2004.

Overall

, it can be seen that in most of the countries included in the graph, the

population

fell.

This

was most noticeable in Malaysia and Thailand, where the number of

elephants

was thought to be less than half the figure in 1997. In the former, the number of

elephants

dropped as low as 1000. India remained the country with by far the largest elephant

population

,

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but experienced a dramatic fall in numbers so that in 2004 there may have been as few as 7500. Despite its size, China had a very small

population

of at most 500

elephants

by 2004.

Although

the trend was downwards

overall

, elephant populations were thought to have remained stable in Laos and Vietnam at approximately 1200. The only country where

elephants

showed signs of

recovering

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was Cambodia, where numbers may have risen by up to 200.