What do we know about the elephant population of the Kruger National Park?

An elephant requires around 70-150 kilograms of food a day. The Kruger National Park has enough resources for around 10,000 elephants. It would become a problem if the number of elephants increases.

Have you heard of something called culling? Culling is a deliberate reduction of the population of a wild animal. This is often done by selective slaughtering. In 1994, culling of elephants at Kruger was stopped. The authorities tried translocating them instead.

However, the population had increased to 16,900 in 2012. The increase in the elephant population has affected the vegetation of the Park.

Kruger National Park is the oldest national park in South Africa. UNESCO has declared Kruger as an International Man and Biosphere Reserve.

 

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