How much hunting, poaching, culling and slaughtering is going on in South Africa regarding the elephants?
Local animal rights groups campaigned hard in 1994 and 1995 against’ culling’. As a direct result a moratorium on the so-called ‘culling’ of elephants was put in place in South Africa. Since 2004 there has been a huge push by government and the “sustainable use” lobby in South Africa and within the region (with support from pro-culling NGOs abroad) to lift the moratorium. The practice of’ culling’ and the ivory trade are inextricably linked. ARA has been fighting hard to stop them from doing this. If they succeed it will mean that 1000s upon 1000s of elephants will be killed every year in the southern African region it will open a floodgate of killing a literal “final solution” that will, in effect, be impossible to stop. We have been trying to get a picture about the extent of poaching and hunting of elephants in South Africa but there are no accurate figures, and frankly a lot of covering up by provincial governments. Hunting of elephants is very much allowed and endorsed this is all
