Clearly, the people that stand to gain from the culling of elephants would not like this idea very much. A super keystone species For elephants modifying the environment their foraging is termed destruction, but for for man this is called development. Not surprisingly, our narrow opinion of seeing elephants only as living bulldozers of destruction is far from the case. As well as having an impact on the land, elephants have a huge effect on the overall ecosystem. As much as 80 percent of what elephants consumed is returned to the soil as barely digested highly fertile manure.
Elephants provide a vital role in the ecosystem they inhabit.
They modify their habitat by converting Savannah and woodlands to grasslands Elephants can provide water for other species by digging water holes in dry riverbeds the depressions created by their footprints and their bodies trap rainfall Elephants act as seed dispersers by their fecal matter. An Elephants journey through the high grass provides food for birds by disturbing small reptiles, amphibians or insects.