Tag: culling debate
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210: The Culling Conundrum with Ryan Davy
Why are elephants dying slow deaths from starvation in African parks? Can contraceptives really solve wildlife overpopulation in fenced reserves? What happens when international animal rights organisations influence conservation decisions from thousands of miles away? These are the uncomfortable questions at the heart of one of conservation’s most contentious debates. Ryan Davy spent 30 years working in African conservation, starting as a 16-year-old volunteer in KwaZulu-Natal’s remote game reserves. From those early days confronting poachers and negotiating with local communities,…