24/05/2007
More than a year ago in this newsletter, we informed you that the South African government was considering whether to kill a massive number of elephants. It has been claimed that elephants are growing significantly in number, however, other measures such as moving them to less-populated areas, expanding the existing parks or contraception have not been properly considered. In any case, the overpopulation of elephants cannot be a reason to kill them anymore than human overpopulation is a reason to “cull” humans.
More than 14,000 elephants were killed in the South African Kruger Park between 1967 and 1994