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Urgent need to rethink elephant management strategies and move from culling to coexistence

Urgent need to rethink elephant management strategies and move from culling to coexistence

by Adam Cruise | Sep 29, 2025 | Commentary

By Adam Cruise – Daily Maverick Carrying capacity came from livestock management in the US in the early twentieth century, where calculating how many cattle a pasture could support before overgrazing was a matter of profit. But elephants are not cattle. They are...
The myth of too many elephants in Kruger Park, and why culling is redundant

The myth of too many elephants in Kruger Park, and why culling is redundant

by Adam Cruise | Jul 23, 2022 | Commentary

By Don Pinnock – Daily Maverick Because of their size and visible effects on vegetation, Kruger Park’s elephants are a highly emotive subject, fuelling acrimonious debates, cries of ‘too many elephants’ and ‘Kruger has an elephant problem’ – followed by demands...
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