BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has begun using a birth control vaccine on elephants in the wild to try and curb a growing problem where human and animal populations encroach on each other — an issue in areas ...
Thailand is using a birth control vaccine on elephants in the wild to try and curb a growing problem where human and animal populations encroach on each other. It's an issue in areas where farms ...
Official statistics show a birth rate of wild elephants in these regions at approximately 8.2% per year, more than double the national average of around 3.5%. About 800 out of the nation’s ...
A wild elephant after it received an elephant contraception vaccine in the Trat province of Thailand on Jan. 27. Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation via AP A wild ...