Crisis in Madikwe: Too many elephants or just an excuse to hunt them? - Conservation Action Trust

Crisis in Madikwe: Too many elephants or just an excuse to hunt them? - Conservation Action Trust

At a recent Parliamentary Committee hearing the tourism board claimed that there are too many elephants in Madikwe and that overpopulation threatens biodiversity and leads to habitat degradation. And yet, there is no published scientific data on whether that translates as ‘too many’ or whether there is indeed a negative impact on Madikwe’s biodiversity. Elephants face a grim future in the Madikwe Game Reserve amid claims that there are too many.…