kittymowmow on March 7th, 2008
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I posted a week or so ago about culling elephants in South Africa (by the way, culling, according to my dictionary, is to “reduce the population of a whild animal by selective slaughter). The article basically states that authorities would not resort to culling elephants unless they review all other options and see it as absolutely necessary.
The population of elephants has grown to an unsustainable number (5,000 more than is sustainable, according to the article) and they feel that they must cull the elephants to decrease their numbers, instead us depending on other methods such as relocation and contraception.
This email I received from Born Free USA rejects culling elephants, saying that other methods of population control should be used.
I don’t know what to think about this. Of course I don’t want to see huge numbers of elephants being slaughtered, but on the other hand, maybe the existence of their entire habitat is on the brink of destruction, and maybe they have to act quickly to reduce their numbers so that more animals and plants are not wiped out completely. Also, I’m not sure, but I would expect that killing elephants would be cheaper than relocating them, sterilizing them, or using some other form of contraception. There are so many other causes in the world that this money could go to - is it fair to spend it on elephants?
What do you think?
-Kitty Mowmow
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Stop the Culling of Elephants in South Africa
 Born Free USA united with Animal Protection Institute was utterly disappointed when the South African Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Marthinus Van Schalkwyk, recently announced plans permitting a government-sanctioned culling of elephants.
Born Free USA united with API supports real conservation and a series of alternatives to culling — including range expansion, translocation, and contraception. We are urging the Minister to reconsider his decision, which would end a culling ban that has been in place since 1994, and which will have such brutal consequences for tens of thousands of animals.
We hope you will join forces with us in this effort, by writing to South Africa’s Environment Minister, expressing your concerns about South Africa’s announcement and intention to cull elephants.
To find what Will Travers, CEO of Born Free USA united with API, and the Born Free Foundation in the United Kingdom, has to say about this issue, and to take action today, click here.
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Tags: Born Free USA, Elephants, South Africa
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