Because the drug is still in the testing phase, environmentalists claim that the research is inadequate.
Described: 16 Jan 2025 at 17: 42
Environmentalists protested on Thursday against the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s plan to use birth control on exotic elephants.
The plan should be delayed until further studies are conducted, and a thorough review of the birth control shots is conducted, so members of the Soo Phua Chang ( Fighting for Elephants ) Network gathered at the ministry.
They submitted their petition to secretary Chalermchai Sri-on, which was accepted by Naraphat Kaewthong, the evil secretary.
In order to control the wild elephant population, the ministry earlier directed the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation ( DNP ) and other organizations to conduct research into the safety of birth control shots on female elephants.
A related study that would provide preventive effects for up to seven decades was earlier conducted by the department and Chiang Mai University’s Center for Elephant and Wildlife Health.
Andaman Adana, a part of the system, claimed the study into the effectiveness of these shots on exotic elephants is imperfect, as the medicine is still in the testing period.
He said the department may wait until after the test time to evaluate the effects before administering the photos to the larger elephant population, adding that this could take up to seven years.
Mr. Andaman expressed his concern about how the department would be able to properly evaluate the efficacy of the delivery control jabs during a trial period because elephants can move freely through the forests.
Eventually, Pattharapol Manee-on, the DNP’s head of the Wildlife Health Management Department, met with the activists to discuss their problems.
Mr Chalermchai said earlier that Thailand is reported to have at least 4, 000 wild elephants, with a birth rate rising by 7-8 % a year. In contrast to shrinking forest places, the population is projected to increase to at least 6, 000 over the next four years.
Due to the test being conducted on forest-dwelling animals in five eastern provinces, the section is scheduled to hold a common reading on the subject on Friday at the Royal Forest Department.
The Centre for Elephant and Wildlife Health will have the results to hand out.