http://www.news24.com/Travel/S...ntraception-20130503

Pietermaritzburg - Thula Thula Private Game Reserve in KwaZulu Natal is to implement a reversible elephant contraception programme that will allow controlled breeding within the reserve's herd.

The elephants of Thula Thula rose to world fame when late conservationist and game reserve owner, Lawrence Anthony, wrote the best-selling book ‘The Elephant Whisperer' about the formerly problematic herd's tumultuous arrival and acclimitisation to the reserve.

Tragically, Lawrence passed away in 2012, but his legacy lives on in this famous elephant family whose population has today grown to twenty-four strong.

A draw card to Thula Thula for visitors from around the world, the once doomed ‘Herd' now happily roams the rugged Zululand bush veld. Keeping their numbers in check to ensure a healthy eco-system within the reserve is of paramount importance to Lawrence's widow, Francoise Anthony. With a record three calves born in 2012 alone, Thula Thula is determined to maintain a healthy equilibrium within their herd and the reserve's natural biosphere, by controlling elephant numbers.

The contraception project will be conducted in conjuction with veterinarian, Mike Toft, and wildlife consultant, David Bozas.

Until recently, culling elephants was one of the few options available to curbing elephant numbers, but now a contraceptive pill, derived from pig's ovaries, has proved to be effective.

Other medical intervention from the reserve's team has already proved successful in reducing an aggressive male's abnormally high testosterone levels, which has saved the bull from being euthanised.

"If we can intervene while still preserving the elephants' lives, we will have fulfilled Lawrence's legacy. He believed all animals had a right to life and we will carry this forward," Francoise said in a statement issued by the reserve.

Hi guys

Like a old lady once told somebody when telling about the jackal problem they not f,./;g the sheep to death they eating them i wanna say almost the same they are ....the echo system to nothing they eating them.

Luan

Good luck.

Mike

Yes all animals have the right to live, so does the plants. Why are Elephant more important than a Riverine rabbit. Animals are placed on earth for human beings to be used, whether is for food, skins, transport etc. I agree that animals must not be mistreated and they must be killed quickly.

Elephants and other animals are in any way a renewable natural resource.

If this program succeeds, where are we going to find Elephants to hunt?

Saw the title to this thread and a picture of the bunny hugging idiots running around with elephant condomns came to mind.

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Originally posted by David Culpepper:
Saw the title to this thread and a picture of the bunny hugging idiots running around with elephant condomns came to mind.

That's funny David!

The condoms are made by goodyear.

Dave

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Originally posted by David Culpepper:
Saw the title to this thread and a picture of the bunny hugging idiots running around with elephant condomns came to mind.

That's just plain silly - IUD's would be so much more effective!!

Do they make Nancy Pelosi masks that big?

Anyone wants to bet that this disaster is going to be a total failure.

Then they will claim something else made it fail.

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Originally posted by boom stick:
Do they make Nancy Pelosi masks that big?

This crap has been tried before. The cows continuosly gave off a scent that all the bulls were convinced that the cows were in oestrus, and they chased the cows, and they chased the cows, and they chased the cows. Until the cows were near dead and the bulls were near mad.

I have a nice .470 NE pill to curb there numbers

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Originally posted by Jaco Human:
Yes all animals have the right to live, so does the plants. Why are Elephant more important than a Riverine rabbit. Animals are placed on earth for human beings to be used, whether is for food, skins, transport etc. I agree that animals must not be mistreated and they must be killed quickly.

Elephants and other animals are in any way a renewable natural resource.

If this program succeeds, where are we going to find Elephants to hunt?