Our Burning Planet: Elephant Culling: Solution or sacrifice for Kruger Park?

Afternoon Drive with John Maytham

In a discussion with Mike Wills, Sam Ferreira, a Large Mammal Ecologist at SANParks, highlights the complexities of managing elephant populations in Kruger Park, where Environment Minister Dion George has ruled out culling. Despite elephants causing significant environmental damage—such as habitat destruction, overgrazing, and soil erosion—Ferreira stresses that the problem isn't simply about numbers.

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