Veterinarians of the Faculty of Veterinary Science assist the International Disney Animal Programme to manage growing elephant populations in Southern Africa

Abstract

Three veterinarians of the Faculty of Veterinary Science of the University of Pretoria, Prof Frik Stegmann (anaesthesiologist), Dr Johan Marais and Dr Caryl Furniss (both surgeons) are part of an international collaborative project led by Disney’s Animal Programmes to conduct a series of procedures to effectively sterilize male elephants to help reduce elephant overpopulation in areas of southern Africa.