Non-lethal elephant population control methods : summary of the first workshop of the Elephant Specialist Advisory Group of South Africa
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Garaï, Marion E.
Bates, Lucy A.
Bertschinger, Hendrik Jan
Delsink, Audrey K.
Pretorius, Yolanda
Selier, Jeanetta
Zitzer, Heike R.
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AOSIS Open Journals
Abstract
Management interventions are necessary to control elephant numbers within fenced wildlife
reserves in South Africa. Use of non-lethal control methods is increasing, but information
about their suitability and effects are not widely available. Three such methods are currently
available: immunocontraception with porcine zona pellucida vaccine, vasectomy and
gonadotropin-releasing hormone vaccine. Here we consolidate what we know about these
methods, using published sources and material shared at a workshop held in South Africa in
2016, in order to provide up-to-date information for future policy decisions concerning the
use of these methods in South Africa and elsewhere.
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Workshop, Elephant population control, Elephant Specialist Advisory Group of South Africa, Non-lethal control methods, South Africa (SA), Gonadotropin-releasing hormone vaccine, Vasectomy, Porcine zona pellucida vaccine, Immunocontraception
Sustainable Development Goals
Citation
Garaï, M.E., Bates, L.A., Bertschinger, H., Delsink, A., Pretorius, Y., Selier, J., et al., 2018, ‘Non-lethal elephant
population control methods: Summary of the first workshop of the Elephant Specialist Advisory Group of South Africa’, Bothalia 48(2),
a2357. https://DOI.org/10.4102/abc.v48i2.2357.