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Non-lethal elephant-population-control methods: summary of the first ESAG workshop

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posted on 2023-06-09, 14:55 authored by Marion E Garaï, Lucy Bates, Henk Bertschinger, Audrey Delsink, Yolande Pretorius, Jeanetta Selier, Heike R Zitzer
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 (PZP) vaccine, vasectomy, and Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone (GnRH) 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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Journal

Bothalia African Biodiversity and Conservation

ISSN

0006-8241

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AOSIS

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2

Volume

48

Page range

1-6

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  • Psychology Publications

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  • Yes

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2018-09-05

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2018-09-28

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2018-09-04

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