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CULLING
Natasha McLaren
Deanna Cooper
What Is Culling
Culling is the process of removing
animals from a group based on
specific criteria.
Typically this is done because the
animal is causing ecosystem damage.
How They Damage the
Environment
No species, other than man, can modify
habitats as rapidly and extensively as
elephant.
Too many elephants causes loss of trees,
grasses, sensitive grazing species
Replaced by thickets, impala and kudu.
Some of the damages caused:
soil capping
reduced infiltration of water
increased run off of rainwater
leads to accelerated soil erosion.
History of Elephant Culling
Elephants were killed due to damage of the
ecosystem
This caused the elephants to become
endangered
Now the elephants are preserved in parks
The elephants are thriving in these parks and
causing damage to the ecosystem
Now people are starting to cull in these parks
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This mostly takes place in Krugar National Park
South African Elephants
Sharpshooters in helicopters routinely killed
hundreds of elephants at a time as a way to
manage destructive herds.
Big game hunting had severely depleted
southern Africa's elephant population by the
early 1900s
South Africa announced it will end its 1995
suspension of elephant culling to manage its
burgeoning elephant populations.
Since the 1995 suspension, the elephant population in Kruger
National Park has grown from 8,000 to an estimated 12,500
Elephants in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has a population of 100
000 elephant in habitats that can
support about half that number.
Mismanagement of the elephants is a
serious danger that puts humans,
elephants and the environment in
danger.
Culling Protests
“A Price On The Head Of Every
Elephant In Kruger National Park?”
Many see culling in South Africa as a
flaw in logic
“Culling is completely unnecessary and
illogical given the number of alternatives
available”
Culling is seen as a short-term fix, not a
long-term solution
How they killed the Elephants
Hunters used the lethal transquillising drug succinylcholine chloride
(better known as Scoline),
They were herded together then darted with the drug
If they didn’t die fast, they were shot in the head.
More than 16,000 elephants cruelly killed in Krugar National Park
YOUTUBE VIDEOS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt
WczF2hRuY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi
Qs0U_TkBM
Resources
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2008/02/25/AR2008022500970
.html
http://www.kubatana.net/docs/wild/graham_child_e
lephant_culling_0401.pdf
http://www.southafrica.info/about/sustainable/cullin
g-150807.htm
http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/join_cam
paigns/national_regional_efforts/the_debate_on_el
ephant_culling_in_south_africa/shortcut_of_eleph
ant_culling%238217;s_cruel_and_gory_past.php=
http://www.youtube.com/v/GiQs0U_TkBM&
hl=en_US&fs=1&