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Archive - Apr 25, 2006
Debate about elephant culling intensifies
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 25/04/2006 - 7:45amCourtesy www.wildlifecampus.com
Original post The Star Newspaper
Secondary Source africanhuntinginfo.com
By Peter Borchert
Culling elephants has been an accepted management practice in many parts of Africa since the 60s.
Kruger Park's managers of the day believed that the elephant population (which had grown steadily since the park's inception in 1926) should be stabilised at around 7 000 individuals if severe habitat alteration were to be avoided.
Elephant birth control - the pros and cons
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 25/04/2006 - 7:43amCourtesy www.wildlifecampus.com
Original post The Star Newspaper
Secondary Source africanhuntinginfo.com
By Rudi van Aarde
The effort involved in stabilising a large elephant population through birth control is labour intensive, costly and unrealistic.
Take, for example, the average age at which cows have their first calves (a crucial determinant of growth rates). This will increase only if 50 percent of cows under 15 years old are on birth control.
