PUBLISHED: 31 Dec 2024 at 05: 42
To reduce wild elephant populations and lessen human-caused assaults, the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry is considering using birth control pictures on them.
Minister Chalermchai Sri-on said he ordered the Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation ( DNP ) and related sectors to adopt the measure as a part of the ministry’s wild elephant population control initiative.
According to Mr Chaloemchai, Thailand is reported to have at least 4, 000 wild elephants, with its birth rate up by 7-8 % a year. In contrast to shrinking jungle places, the wild elephant population is projected to increase to at least 6, 000 over the next four years.
Furthermore, at least 240 people have died and 208 injured as a result of problems by wild animals since 2012.
Elephants will be tested in eastern region’s borders forests starting next month as a result of the DNP’s current efforts to establish guidelines for the people manage estimate.
If the pilot effort was successful, the chancellor said the measure had spread to other regions.
The people control initiative aims to end conflicts between people and wildlife, according to Mr. Chaloemchai, by reducing issue between the wild animals and areas.
According to DNP director-general Atthapol Charoenchansa, the DNP, in cooperation with the Centre of Elephant and Wildlife Health of Chiang Mai University’s University of Veterinary Medicine, is set to give” SpayVac” to wild animals in an attempt to handle the elephant population.
A seven-year birth control effect is delivered by a SpayVac shot directed at sexual elephants. The pictures, which do not affect the elephant ‘ behavior or physical features, simply manage their testosterone levels to keep them from conceiving.
He claimed that the photos were piloted in seven adult elephants in April without any adverse effects.
“]The initiative ] can help keep hundreds of people]living by forest land ] safe while conserving the wild elephants”, said Mr Atthapol.