After a successful trip to Southern Africa in 2006 to control its growing elephant population, a team of veterinary experts led by Disney's Animal Kingdom have returned to the area for 10 days to perform laparoscopic vasectomies on six to 10 bull elephants in the Songimvelo Reserve in the Mpumalanga Parks Region, Africa until August 3, 2007. The surgical procedure proved to be productive last July when the Disney team and other animal experts performed the same procedure on four male elephants at the Welgevonden Game Reserve in South Africa.

A bit of puzzle here--these places probably have private property rights in elephants, but why don't they use trophy hunters to control the population?

HT: Melissa Yeoh