South Sudan says its 6M antelope make up world’s largest land mammal migration

South Sudan's most comprehensive aerial wildlife survey found about 6 million antelope - a figure that would make it the world's largest land mammal migration. The nonprofit organization African Parks warned that the animals face a rising threat from commercial poaching. (AP Video by Sam Mednick. Produced by Julián Trejo Bax). Read more: bit.ly/3XXaxRp
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[@samwise-my4gq]

South Sudan is greener than I imagined, I thought it was semi desert.

[@SomaHoste]

I was in south Sudan a week ago. I was surprised too. Very beautiful scenery.🔥

[@khotmalieth4914]

South Sudan desert but the semi desert is mostly in part of North Sudan

[@omarw3314]

South Sudan has roughly 75 million acres of arable land. It is probably the country in Africa with the highest agricultural potential.

[@bobbobby3085]

South Sudan is very green you can tell from sattelite imagery

[@humushumus2219]

Probably part of the reason why they migrate. This green are brown and dry parts of the year. It's probably less rain there these days as well.

[@samuelgai]

I've waited for times like this for a long time, having to see my country's name in positive headlines

[@EstebanMataVargas]

My friend, your country and your people will thrive and prevail. Of this, I´m absolutely sure. The best of times are coming for all of you. Greetings from Costa Rica.

[@leroydanny4072]

Your country has great potential for tourism and I wish my Kenyan government would support your country more

[@user-ct1lf3hf1v]

Respect

[@croma4158]

There used to be something like this all over the world

[@Nrsmc]

Hunting for consumption but not for market 👌

[@simonartley1645]

This is a wonderful example of Africa's wildlife and one hopes that the people of Sudan can protect and benefit of this amazing migration

[@etherean369]

It's great they're trying to seek a balance and there's a South Sudanese person spearheading these convos! So often outsiders forget that HUMAN AFRICAN LIVES are at stake when discussing saving ANIMALS. It's so bad that often, our lives are secondary to those of elephants and antelopes while nobody would risk a European's life over an animal. It's usually forceful policies totally detached from lived realities. And they're being pushed to these extremes due to an economic and social global system that doesn't accommodate them nor their millenia-long ways of life that kept nature in balance

[@user-vv4cl8mc3d]

I totally agree but I think it is also important to note that the birth rate in Africa is extremely high and by 2100 the population will have tripled to over 3 billion according to the UN. If there isn’t any rigid protection of nature than this increasing population will easily take over africas incredible nature especially as the continent further industrializes. In contrast Europe has very few births and its population is crashing so the wild will be able to come back on its own and less policies need to be put in place.

[@MarcDavidReich]

What you say is true and sad, but if all the animals disappeared then there wouldn’t be any to hunt for food and people would starve anyway. Tourism brought by the wildlife could be a valuable source of income, but once it’s gone, it’s not going to come back

[@reignmuzeiya7432]

Lets hope the population does not drop.

[@LoneSwan1986]

The poor people of this beautiful place should get some kind of better & legitimate help & support to live them happily and comfortably! If anyone can do it then please somebody do something on this matter for these helpless people! 🙏🏻

[@TinaWina1]

Hunger is primal. Every creature needs to eat. 😢

[@titanosaurdy9493]

This is why agriculture is important...sadly their government doesn't provide them the necessary means to make healthier crops

[@karmasutra4774]

Beautiful!

[@user-it2ni7ik4t]

Beautiful country but you didn't mention the giraffes and they are also in the video as part of the migration.

[@juancarlosrodriguez9328]

Very well spoke

[@royalqcryptofxuniversity2668]

7 million Ah! Where are they coming from!? Where are they going to!?

[@aleks3906]

They have been living there, and moving within

[@magnumjade45]

let the people eat.

[@xcaliber302]

Where are the lions 🦁

[@mnadem6]

Does the migration cross into ethiopia?

[@khotmalieth4914]

yes they cross to the flood plains of Gambella National park which border South Sudan and Ethiopia during the dry season

[@bonniefxweru5289]

How did they come.up with that number of 6M ?

[@josephbithlongar362]

We did a scientific wildlife survey

[@mzanziman9150]

why do yt people come with their savior complex...there are 6 million before you got there. let the people hunt...

[@ghsense2626]

Thats alot of meat the population should never go hungry

[@QOOQ8808]

6 million? There's enough to eat and conserve. Mzungu kaa mbali

[@ColinKip]

Lol, after wao wamewasaidia kuconserve, mna upuzi nyie

[@toniokats5601]

​@@ColinKipwamesaidia nini na conservancy ni land grabbing scheme 🙄 wao walimaliza wanyama huko kwao Europe but ours still in existence.

[@etherean369]

Yeah but with balance. It's not about wazungus it's about making sure we don't destroy our land like the "developed" world has. We need wildlife to thrive too... that's how our ancestors did... except they didn't rely on money so they didn't "need" to hunt excessively. That need driving this is what needs to change

[@toniokats5601]

@@etherean369 what balance?? Stop this romanticising of conservation,this is not rocket science keep it as the maasai people have.

[@tseyazmutseyami1402]

​@toniokats5601 so are you justifying poaching ?

[@JesseWRIGHT-th8mw]

If they weren't mostly insane, suicidal, and the walking fast-food chain of Africa, the wildebeest would be angry about getting the gnus that their migration lost its top spot on the _Guinness_ _Book_ _Of_ _World_ _Records._ They can still be the animal that naturally speaks the Wookie language from Star Wars.

[@omahabred9466]

I remember a few years ago this claim or record was disproved, I think they’re waiting for verification as a lot of exaggeration was present previously.

[@farhanatoerien3437]

Do antelope count as bushmeat?

[@Peke4cer]

Yes, absolutely.

[@Dhuxul9]

@@Peke4cer wrong

[@Musicdudeyoutub]

1:13 What is going on here? It seems very wasteful

[@ianbrooks9686]

Theres a broom close by

[@dan8910100]

10 million mammals just migrated across the U.S. border.

[@hamidhamidi3134]

You are totally miserable and toxic.

[@otis3744]

Lowkey funny

[@assassin3003]

Also millions of illegal mammals crossing into Europe since 2015

[@magnus9165]

Does not appear to me that conservation is needed.

[@mitkoogrozev]

You would be surprised. People have shifting baselines , which is a problem. The newest generations gets used to certain amount of wildlife and thinks that's normal, but if you look historically it might be 90% less from previous generations. For example take this into perspective : currently on Earth, wild land mammals make up only 2% out of ALL mammals on Earth...2% (and 2% sea mammals) !!!! The rest is humans, their pets and factory farmed animals, which is 96 freaking percent!! And all life support systems on Earth are in decline due to what we are doing... And who knows what was the historical numbers and range of these particular animals. Probably a lot more. So, I would say there's ways to go. A loot more conservation is needed. And not conservation only, but preservation.

[@LST25]

1:54 ❤❤

[@Accuface2000]

Long wars have their benefits. When people are fighting for decades, development, consumption and cultivation comes to a standstill, so the environment is untouched and preserved.

[@youme1414]

Nonsense!

[@Accuface2000]

@youme1414 - You are phobic to thinking. There is a lot of preserved natural resources in countries which endured long conflicts. Especially in Africa - DRC, Mozambique, Angola, CAR, Sudan are examples.

[@TheLocalStandard]

@@Accuface2000 Is that why Europe, Asia and the Americas to a large extent have lost most of their wild life? You don't tell Africans how to coexist with nature, your kind should be the last to even try.

[@lebo3793]

You make sense, but it sounds cold.

[@Accuface2000]

@lebo3793 - Facts are not meant to be cosy.

[@TrinhNguyen-nc7hj]

Why are they people be starving and malnourished?

[@AhJodie]

Yes people need to eat ❤

[@robertochieng1069]

As a Luo, i could pick similar words to my tongue...didn't realise SS was this plush ❤

[@75Meja]

Pari of Lafon are actually Luos 😂

[@BGK531]

Where is the government? A country with oil exporting don’t have mill grinder shame on them.

[@syedhisham2594]

dont put restrictions on poor people who are fighting to survive.... first fulfill their needs... introduce them to food development strategies... make them self sustainable... then impose your restrictions

[@canon5059]

This is what happens when there is an imbalance in this ecosystem no predators

[@lebo3793]

Where are there predators?

[@frayserken]

The white people are visiting

[@yawgreymills1587]

😊

[@dan8910100]

@@frayserken if africans are allowed to take other peoples countries then other people are allowed to take africa. africa belongs to everyone.

[@jayb1797]

Lions and leopards have been practically extirpated anywhere people are nearby. They attack cattle and occasionaly people, so they're seen as a dangerous nuisance.

[@geoffreywilliams9324]

With 6 million antelope surely there must be some for feeding the people . .

[@rafaellastracom6411]

Nobody should be going hungry in Sudan.

[@My2CentsYall]

As long as their is an effort to keep them ignorant they will continue to get ripped off.

[@Musicdudeyoutub]

Who is putting in this effort? I can't imagine anyone wants them to live like this

[@bugazi3037]

@@Musicdudeyoutubwhat life do you live that’s better than theirs you probably don’t even own a house or car work to eat and pay bills that’s 💩 life.

[@Winterfellen]

Feeding your children or following the law. Hmmmm

[@AfrikanTribesman]

Nice. Problem is, it's one of the most dangerous countries to visit in Africa.

[@sundayriang1941]

Have you tried visiting?

[@MEIVAND_LOR1111]

پشیمان شدم و حذفش کردم!، (فقط هم به عشق این سیاه پوست ها🌹

[@KantaParsad]

केकसी का माइका रावण का निहाल सूडान देश कितना गरीब ह क्यों को जो जो इस्लामिक देश कन्वर्ट हुए वो सारे भूके मर रहे ह ,जय हिन्द

[@JuanMarioMartinez-wb9ue]

What a Beatyfull number. Should they donate some to other comtinets. And why not respect more the Wild Cats for the ORUS EYE to enjoy pray and predator natural will ecenes. "Poor Fiction " Movie? Nahhh.

[@goozy6790]

crops are deatroy is the main reason but the trueth thwy want it for meat

[@sasquatchwithinternetacces2940]

Why are we always hearing about starving african children when they have so much food over there?

[@powerinvolved-di3vl2yd6q]

Because they tell lies for funding. You must go yourself and see.

[@khotmalieth4914]

Not neccessary true but the war disrub food production and we do not need body help but they can make their own food

[@user-wd2oe9te3g]

Because Africa is a continent and not a country

[@user-ud1te2ys4n]

神よ、この草原に樹木をお授け下さい‼️

[@chandellrichardson4106]

We should send the Texas wild hogs free bacon

[@reginafefifofina]

Maybe they can give rabbit meat a try?

[@LHaks]

Thats a lot of meat and protein

[@guybeingaguy]

I bet they taste amazing!

[@endofdaysprophet]

Very cool!!! Makes me hungry!!! ENJOY The covenant YAHWEH made with Noah ensures us meat to eat!!!

[@successniche]

Look at all that fresh 🍖 meat

[@HairyButWhole]

Too many people, too much creed, too little resources