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118:. Her plantation's policy allows the herds to still achieve this. In addition her plantation avoids building other barriers and they make sure drainage ditches cannot trap young elephants. Her procedures also make sure that chemicals are safely stored and the plantations mono-culture was modified to include other plants that were of interest to elephants.
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