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Thailand uses a birth control vaccine to curb its elephant population near expanding farms

Thailand has begun using a birth control vaccine on elephants in the wild to try and curb a growing problem where human and animal populations encroach on each other—an issue in areas where farms spread into forests and elephants are squeezed out of their natural habitat.

Thailand uses a birth control vaccine to curb its elephant population near expanding farms
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Thailand has begun using a birth control vaccine on elephants in the wild to try and curb a growing problem where human and animal populations encroach on each other—an issue in areas where farms spread into forests and elephants are squeezed out of their natural habitat.

Originally published at Phys.org

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