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 ADDO ELEPHANT PARK, South Africa (AP) - The environment minister on Wednesday proposed a package of measures — including limited culling and contraception — to slow rampant elephant population growth but stressed there would be no mass slaughter.
The elephant population of 20,000 is growing at a rate of more than 6 percent per year, disrupting the delicate biodiversity in the flagship Kruger National Park and other wildlife parks, Environment Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said.
He said the government proposed introducing new management measures, including removal of elephants to other areas, creation of special enclosures to protect other species, expansion of parks, contraception and culling.
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