South African elephants

Video: Elephants on contraceptives

 

 
 South Africa opts for elephant birth control 
 

In South Africa, there are 18,000 elephants spread out over 80 game parks. But as the animals’ numbers continue to swell, land is being destroyed and there is growing tension with local communities.

Al Jazeera’s Haru Mutasa visited Limpopo province, where contraception is being used to prevent a pachyderm population explosion.