“outh African National Parks Board?s (?Sanparks?) proposed slaughter of over 5,000 elephants in the Kruger National Park (KNP) is untenable, according to Lawrence Anthony, Founder of The Earth Organization, a South African-based international conservation organization.” – The Earth Organization

“Scientists have blasted a plan to cull thousands of elephants in the Kruger National Park. Instead, they recommend contraception to reduce elephant numbers. ” – News 24

“The Kruger National Park wants to shoot up to 6 000 elephants as part of a national culling programme that could start next winter, the Mail & Guardian has learnt.” – Mail & Guardian Online

“Park authorities in South Africa have delayed making a decision on ways to curb the exploding elephant population in the Kruger National Park as experts remain divided on the issue, according to a news report on Sunday.” – News24

“The great elephant herds of the Kruger National Park, under threat of culling, are migrating in growing numbers across the border into Mozambique’s adjacent Limpopo Park.” – IOL

“The international community is exercising a lot of pressure on the government and national parks to give up its proposed plan to start culling elephants in the Kruger Park as early as next year.” – News24.com

“A veteran field ranger in the Kruger National Park was trampled to death by an elephant on Tuesday morning.” – News24

“The baby elephant, spotted among a herd in the southern part of the Kruger National Park, could be an albino or white elephant.” – IOL

“South Africa’s Kruger National Park elephant population has nearly doubled in recent years, causing heavy habitat destruction and invasion of adjacent farms.” – National Geographic News

“Mzandile Mjadu lent a wistful tone to this week’s Great Elephant Indaba in the Kruger National Park, where it was proposed that culling should be resumed as the surest way of reducing the destruction they are causing in several southern African reserves.” – IOL

“The 1995 moratorium on elephant culling in the Kruger National Park has not changed, despite the increase in elephant numbers, says chief executive of South African National Parks (SANParks), David Mabunda.” – news24.com

“Using recent elephant attacks on humans as a reason to start culling herds in the Kruger National Park is shocking, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said this week.” – IOL

“Using recent elephant attacks on humans as a reason to start culling herds in the Kruger National Park is shocking, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said this week.” – IOL

“Overgrowth of elephant population in South Africa’s Kruger National Park (KNP) has posed threats to the safety of bio-diversity and human beings in the area, an expert has warned. ” – :: Xinhuanet

“Seven rhinos and six elephant have been killed in the north of the park in 2003 alone.” – IOL

“The ivory trade by early pioneers decimated South Africa’s elephants and by 1900 few big tuskers survived. But Dr Ian White of the Kruger National Park says the park is still home to a handful of elephants carrying heavy ivory. ” – IOL

“The Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, spanning the borders of South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, is the largest, and most ambitious effort in Africa to combine conservation, environmental protection, tourism and economic development. If successful, the Great Limpopo Park will be the world’s largest game park, a huge 3.5 million hectare area incorporating what is today South Africa’s Kruger National Park, Mozambique’s Limpopo National Park and the Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe. In particular, it makes a huge difference for the Kruger National Park in terms of elephant management. The Kruger Park is facing a massive dilemma currently: how to deal with a very quickly growing elephant population. Its elephant herd has grown from 7,000 to 11,000 over the last couple of years because Sanpark, the South African government conservation agency, about three years ago took a decision to stop culling.” – All Africa

“The elephant population has been growing at a rate of 7% per year in Kruger National Park in South Africa.” – Post-Gazette