The African elephant Loxodonta africana Blumenbach, a water dependent intermediate bulk feeder is relatively unselective preferring grazing
to browsing (Van Soest 1982, Van Wijngaarden 1985). Unlike the elephants found in grasslands (savanna) forest elephants are browsers and feed mainly on shrubs and saplings in secondary forests (Olivier 1978). Tire forest dwelling elephants in Kenya are found in mixed forests along the farmlands during wet seasons. Sometimes they invade farmlands and eat agricultural crops such as maize, bananas, sugarcanes and potatoes. As the weather becomes drier, the elephants move up the mountain where the forage is greener and more abundant. If the drought persists they change their feeding habit and start feeding on trees (Beekman and Prins 1989) hence destroying forest plantations. The forest elephants change their diet from the scarce shrubs to tree bark during dry season. In 1986 damage of forest plantations by elephants increased and it was decided to assess the severity of the problem. The main objective of this study was to determine most damaged trees by elephants.