{"id":182683,"date":"2025-10-13T14:59:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T14:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=182683"},"modified":"2025-10-13T14:59:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T14:59:07","slug":"ecological-balance-op-ed-killing-without-counting-south-africas-elephant-conflict-debate-lacks-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=182683","title":{"rendered":"ECOLOGICAL BALANCE OP-ED: Killing without counting \u2014 South Africa\u2019s elephant conflict debate lacks data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Culling, hunting and quick-fix solutions dominate policy talk, but without reliable national figures on human-elephant conflict, South Africa risks sacrificing both elephants and communities to politics and profit&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2025-08-28-killing-without-counting-sas-elephant-conflict-debate-lacks-data\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read 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