The trees win again, this time in South Africa

First it was Glen Feshie. Then it was the Mar Lodge Estate. Now it seems that 10,000 South African mammals are having to play second fiddle to some grass based flora that has ideas apparently much above it's station.
In the case of the South African elephants it is worth noting that annual culls used to take place up until 1994 when a public outcry led to their being halted "to see what would happen". Surprise surprise, in the intervening years the population has doubled and now the likes of the International Fund for Animal Welfare, a leading group in the "animal rights" industry are declaring that the cull is unnecessary. Presumably they would prefer to see the situation continue until the elephant population increases to such a point that the local habitat collapses under the strain and a famine ensues?
I find the idea of a mass culls on this scale obscene but it seems sadly necessary for the elephants' continued presence in the park. If it had not been for the sort of hysteria that IFAW and others rely on to generate their incomes then the yearly culls would not have been cancelled. The blame for this sorry situation lies directly with the animal rights industry. I doubt that it bothers them too much as they will expect to profit quite handsomely from the donations of an outraged & upset general public once the first TV pictures of the cull make it into their living rooms.