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“Makalali Game Reserve introduced a birth control vaccine (porcine zona rellucida) to their elephant herds in May 2000 and the results have been gratifying.” - Star

“Elephant culling at the Kruger National Park is unnecessary and not a last option, the Earth organisation said on Wednesday.” - IOL

“Knyshna’s elusive elephants are back in the news after a massive bull elephant trashed a brand new tractor in the Karatara Forest near the town.” - The Herald Online

“They are legendary for their elusiveness, but after four days of solid tracking through dense, indigenous forest, a film crew has captured four minutes of rare footage of a Knysna forest elephant.” - The Herald Online

“South Africa has lifted a 13-year ban on elephant culling, to help manage the flourishing pachyderm population.” - South Africa resumes elephant culls
>The Great Beyond

“South Africa is about to lift a 13-year ban on elephant culling, as the animal’s population rises and encroaches on areas where people live. However, it’s unclear just how many elephants might be killed after the moratorium is lifted Thursday.” - VOA News

“The government had stopped this practice in 1995 when the population of elephants was judged to be dangerously low. However now that they’re seeking to reinstate it, something has come up: expert scientists believe that elephants have cognitive capacity.” - Environmental Graffiti

“South Africa’s 13-year moratorium on elephant culling was set to be lifted on Thursday to combat a surge in population numbers, despite an outcry from animal rights activists.” - AFP

“It’s been illegal to kill the animals for the past 13 years, but since then their numbers have more than doubled from about 8,000 to 20,000.” -
CBBC Newsround

“South Africa has done such a good job of protecting its elephants that it’s now facing a population explosion. On May 1, the government is lifting a 13-year ban on killing them.” - Bloomberg.com

“In September 2005, South African minister of environmental affairs and tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, announced that the cabinet has given him a mandate to develop Norms and Standards for Elephant Management.” - Kruger Park News

“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

World-famous Kenyan conservationist Richard Leakey has given his cautious support to the resumption of elephant culling in South Africa, declaring it “necessary” and based on “animal welfare concerns”. - IOL