African Elephants, the largest living terrestrial mammals (Thouless et al., 2016), are keystone species that play a pivotal role in structuring both plant and animal communities (Stephenson, 2007). They are closely associated with the social and cultural aspects of people; a factor that could be harnessed to promote its conservation (Reddy and Workneh, 2014). Elephant numbers and ranges have declined greatly and most elephant populations in Nigeria are in small, fragmented, relict populations (Obot