Elephant culling ‘unnecessary’
“Elephant culling at the Kruger National Park is unnecessary and not a last option, the Earth organisation said on Wednesday.” - IOL
SA to Lift Moratorium on Elephant Culling
“As of May 1, 2008, a moratorium that was placed on the culling of elephants in 1995 will be lifted. This was one of the options in the final norms and standards for elephant management announced by environmental affairs minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk on Monday, February 25, 2008 Other options included range manipulation, removal by translocation, introduction of elephants and contraception.’ - Kruger Park News
Elephant Twins in the greater Kruger National Park
“Elephants. Not an uncommon sight in the Kruger National Park area. At any given time, one is likely to encounter a breeding herd containing young elephants. But the likelihood of seeing a female elephant with twin calves is exceedingly rare and almost never happens. The reason for this is that both twins seldom survive the natural odds which are stacked against them” - Kruger Park News
Elephant Numbers up by Five Percent
“This year the elephant and buffalo census team, under the leadership of Dr Ian Whyte, who is conducting his 24th census, counted 13 050 elephants in the Kruger National Park (KNP). Although Ian retired earlier this year, he was contracted to conduct the census.” - Kruger Park News
Kruger set to cull jumbos
“The Kruger National Park is expected to announce a massive elephant culling programme after the latest census showed the population has doubled since the controversial practice was suspended in 1995″ - Mail & Guardian Online
South African game reserve test Elephant contraception
“Amidst recent reports about the possible culling of elephants in South Africa’s Kruger National Park, comes a success story from KwaZulu-Natal’s Tembe Elephant Park where elephant contraception is being tested with success.” - easier travel
Are elephants a problem?
“Culling of elephants is unwarranted as there is no scientific evidence to demonstrate that the animals are affecting the biodiversity in the Kruger National Park, The Earth Organisation said on Thursday” - IOL
Warning: no elephants in the pool
“In South Africa the killing of elephants was outlawed in the 1990s. According to yesterday’s reports, since then the population has soared from 8,000 to 20,000. That’s a lot of elephants. Most of them are in the Kruger National Park.” - Times Online
Mozambique works to attract big spenders to national parks
“Mozambique also has the magnet of the efforts it has made to replenish its parks. Animals have been shipped from South Africa, particularly from the Kruger national park. Thousands of elephants, zebras and kudus have been moved across the border over the past five years at a cost of more than £500,000.” - The Guardian
Vain bid to save elephant calf
“A number of South African and foreign tourists broke park rules in an attempt to save the life of an abandoned elephant calf in the Kruger National Park (KNP) on Sunday” - The Citizen
Ranger stable after elephant attack
“Field ranger Thomas Mathosi has stabilised in hospital after the vehicle in which he was a passenger was overturned by a group of elephants in the Kruger National Park last week.” - iafrica.com
2006 Top 10 Wildlife Conservation Success Stories; Saving the Elephants, Burying Beetles, Palilas, Bongos, Guans and More
“Elephant Vasectomies. While poaching and habitat loss are causing
elephant populations to decline worldwide, wildlife officials are culling
elephants in confined areas, such as South Africa’s Kruger National Park,
where elephants are dangerously overpopulated.” - PR Newswire
Two elephants shot in Limpopo
“Two of more than 20 elephants that broke out of the Kruger National Park have been shot dead in the Giyani area, SABC radio news reported on Tuesday.” - IOL
Kruger Park elephant kills trainer
“A Zimbabwean elephant trainer has died after being trampled by an elephant at a safari camp near the Kruger National Park on Monday morning.” - IOL
Kruger to sell elephant hides
“The Kruger National Park (KNP) wants to sell elephant hides and other by-products from its storeroom.” - News24
Scientists deliberate over SA elephant population
“Leading scientists have told government that there is no evidence to suggest the need for a large-scale reduction of the elephant population in the Kruger National Park. Ten scientists met with Marthinus van Schalkwyk, the environmental affairs minister, in Cape Town to debate concerns around the rapidly increasing elephant population.” - SABCnews.com
Is “Cull” a Four-Letter Word?
” Now the South African animal lover has, along with scientists and other activists, embarked on another mission: stopping the proposed cull of more than 5,000 elephant in South Africa’s world-renowned Kruger National Park, located in the north-east of the country. The proposal was put forward by the board of South African National Parks (SANParks), the government body which manages the country’s network of protected areas. ” - IPS
We need an African solution
“While anti-culling lobbyists on Monday launched a vehement attack on a “trigger-happy” South African National Parks (SANParks) for their proposal to cull at least 6 000 elephants in the Kruger National Park, government representatives urged groups to concentrate on the facts, not the emotions.” - IOL’
