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With the previous culling in the old days tuskers were exempted, 100p. No problem, as they were mostly separate from breeding herds, which are the main target.

Poachers will take a big one, I suppose, but the tusks are terribly heavy, and the demand is just for ivory to be worked into chopsticks, jewellery, seals, cubes and what not....so don't think it is a huge threat?

But who knows what may happen re. "special orders" from our Asian Colonial masters?

Ja RP, the "old days" were somewhat different from today. What is stopping a crooked politician from ending a good mans career should he oppose culling a "big one" ? What would a good man do knowing he will say goodbye to a career he was building over many years ? Without stipulated culling exemtions, ethics are very much dependant on cercumstanses. That's why I believe a publicaly known rule for exempting "big" bulls is the only starting point in protecting thE SANPARKS un-named big bulls.

Has it been confirmed that elephants are going to be culled

Sam Ferreira from the Kruger National Park Elephant Management team assured us

at a KNP Orientation course 2 weeks ago that there are currently no plans for any elephant culling in the Kruger

No dung!

Thank you, leachy

Good to see good Asian tuskers still roam their nature reserves :-
( FB photo posted on FB by Vinod Thattekkad.)

with very big tusks
it seems exceptional in Asia

for posting

Those tusks are very long for an Indian elephant

Never seen an Indian ellie with such big tusks!!