Darted wild elephant being hoisted into position by crane, vasectomy of elephant bull, Loxodonta africana, with Dr Jeff Zuba

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Darted wild elephant being hoisted into position by crane, vasectomy of elephant bull, Loxodonta africana, with Dr Jeff Zuba of the Elephant Population Management Program, senior associate veterinarian of the San Diego Zoologicial Society. Dr Zuba developed the anaesthetic techniques for the procedure. Private game reserve in Limpopo, South Africa

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Size: 3445px × 5168px
Location: Limpopo, South Africa
Photo credit: © Ann and Steve Toon / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: africa, africana, bull, bush, castration, conservation, control, dr, elephant, game, jeff, keyhole, laparoscopy, limpopo, loxodonta, management, operation, population, private, reserve, south, sterilisation, surgeon, surgery, team, vasectomy, vet, veterinarian, wild, zuba