so your thinking it will hasten their reproduction is silly. Your remark is somewhat silly.
************ even elephants will multiply fast if given enough food supply, range and left alone...
The good news is that elephant populations are thriving in areas of southern Africa after years of hugely successful conservation, following the banning of the much despised ivory trade. Conservationists in some areas are now faced with a new challenge: overpopulation. Scientists and conservationists in Africa and globally believe that there are three solutions: translocation, culling or contraception, but there is no one solution which can solve problems of overpopulation immediately, and is problem free and humane.
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Culling draws strong criticism from all quarters and is no longer extensively practiced. A moratorium on culling has been in place in South Africa since 1994.[ A decade later elephant populations have doubled in places such as Kruger Park to over 13000.] According to Allafrica.com, a 7% increase in numbers has conservationists very concerned not only for the vegetation, but the problems associated with elephants wandering outside of the park to surrounding communities, in search of food.
according to Melissa Wray, courtesy of Kruger Park Times and Science in Africa.