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TEL: 035 7990500 FAX: 035 7725596
Vol.
1 October 5, 2012
No 10
F
FO
OR
RE
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ST
TR
RY
Y
C
CO
ON
NS
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RV
VA
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ON
N C
CO
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Fighting
against
the odds
Global best
award winner
announced
Pg 2 Pg 7 Pg 10
Thanda takes the lead
The team before take-off at the Thanda Game Reserve are Marianna Venter, Wayne Andrews, Mike Toft,
Digs Pascoe, Tristin Larson and Alwyn Wentzel
PHOTO: LARRY BENTLEY
Dr Mike Toft mixes the vaccine
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Saving South
Africa s
‘Bambi’
Larry Bentley
THE management team at Thanda
Private Game Reserve were excited
as the crew arrived to immunocontracept their elephant herd.
Although the use of PZP (porcine
zona pellucida) vaccine which prevents the elephants from becoming
pregnant, is not new, it is the first
time that it has been used in a private
reserve in KZN.
Wild elephant populations have
been managed with PZP since 2000
with the Greater Makalali Private
Game Reserve being the first.
Since then it has been use
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