‘Everyone seems to agree there are now too many elephants in Kruger,’ Alex said. ‘The relocation of animals is an expensive business and can’t be done in volumes high enough to make a difference.’ Hundreds of elephants had been darted and transported across the border into the newly created Limpopo transfrontier park in Mozambique, but many had simply walked back into Kruger, where they seemed to sense they would be safer. ‘The verdict’s still out on contraception, as far as I know. I read somewhere recently that there’s an ongoing trial of immunocontraceptives going on in a private reserve outside Kruger, but who knows how soon that could be put into widespread use?’
‘Whatever happens, man and nature can only coexist into the future when man takes the guiding hand,’ Chan said.
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