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Bothalia - African Biodiversity & Conservation
On-line version ISSN 2311-9284
Print version ISSN 0006-8241
Abstract
GARAI, Marion E. et al. Non-lethal elephant population control methods: Summary of the first workshop of the Elephant Specialist Advisory Group of South Africa. Bothalia (Online) [online]. 2018, vol.48, n.2, pp.1-6. ISSN 2311-9284. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/abc.v48i2.2357.
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.