Editing Common eland (section)

===Conservation===
[[File:Taurotragus.oryx-01-Krakow.jpg|thumb|left|Common eland in a zoo in [[Kraków]], Poland]]
Currently, common elands are not endangered. They are conserved by the United States Endangered Species Act, and regulated in international trade by the [[CITES|Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species]].<ref name=Antelope>{{cite web|last=Dolly|first=Stephanie L.|title=Common Eland|url=http://www.antelopetag.com/assets/docs/Antelope/Common_Eland.pdf|author2=Stephen Shurter}}</ref> A 2016 assessment for the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] (IUCN) [[Red List]] estimates the number of mature individuals to be 90,000-110,000, with populations considered stable or increasing in the countries of Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Malawi, Kenya and Tanzania.<ref name="IUCN"/>

The population is, however, gradually decreasing due to habitat loss, caused by expanding human settlements and poaching for its superior meat.<ref name=pdf3>{{cite book|last=East|first=compiled by R.|title=West and Central Africa.|year=1990|publisher=IUCN|location=Gland|isbn=978-2-8317-0016-8|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n22ER5vZqTkC&q=common+eland&pg=PA131|page=131|chapter-format=PDF|chapter=Common Eland (''Tragelaphus oryx'')}}</ref> As they are docile and inactive most of the time, they can easily be killed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/mammalia/artiodactyla/common-eland.htm#ec |title=Ecology and conservation of the eland |publisher=Seaworld.org |access-date=5 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619004728/http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/mammalia/artiodactyla/common-eland.htm#ec |archive-date=19 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The species became extinct in [[Swaziland|Eswatini]]<ref name="wilson"/> and [[Zimbabwe]],<ref name="thinkquest1"/> but has been reintroduced.

The IUCN states that about half of the estimated total population lives in protected areas and 30% on private land. Protected areas that support major populations include [[Omo National Park|Omo]] (Ethiopia), [[Serengeti]], Katavi, Ruaha, and Selous-Kilombero (Tanzania), [[Kafue]] and North Luangwa ([[Zambia]]), [[Nyika Plateau|Nyika]] ([[Malawi]]), [[Etosha]] ([[Namibia]]), [[Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park]] ([[Botswana]]/[[South Africa]]) and [[Ukhahlamba Drakensberg Park]] (South Africa).<ref name="IUCN"/> Most of these populations appear to be stable. Relatively large numbers of common elands now live on private land, particularly in Namibia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa, reflecting its value as a trophy animal. Common elands have also been widely domesticated in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya, Russia, and Ukraine.<ref name="IUCN"/><ref name=consv>{{cite book|editor-last=East|editor-first=Rod |title=African antelope database 1998|year=1999|publisher=The IUCN Species Survival Commission|location=Gland, Switzerland|isbn=978-2-8317-0477-7 |page=139 |chapter=Common Eland (Conservation status)}}</ref>