Thailand uses a birth control vaccine to curb its elephant population near expanding farms
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This photo released by Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation shows a wild elephant after it received an elephant contraception vaccine in the Trat province of Thailand, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation via AP)In this photo released by Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, officials prepare elephant contraception vaccines for wild elephants in the Trat province of Thailand, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation via AP)In this photo released by Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, wild elephants gather after receiving an elephant contraception vaccine in the Trat province of Thailand, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation via AP)In this photo released by Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, officials use a pair of binoculars to monitor wild elephants after they received elephant contraception vaccines in the Trat province of Thailand, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation via AP)
This photo released by Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation shows a wild elephant after it received an elephant contraception vaccine in the Trat province of Thailand, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation via AP)