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Clean cut.(giving elephants a vasectomy)(Brief article)
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How do you give an elephant a vasectomy? Veterinarian Mark Stetter wasn't joking when he asked that in 2001. With funds and jumbo laparoscopic tools from Disney's Animal Programs he pioneered a method for clipping bull elephants' family jewels. The behemoths have stripped and toppled trees in some southern African game reserves, turning savanna into wasteland. Stetter hopes to keep herd numbers down and thus reduce ...
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