In the past two weeks, there have been multiple articles criticising the North West Parks and Tourism Board (NWPTB) on their management of elephants in Madikwe. If there is, and there is somebody willing to take elephants, Madikwe has about 1,000 of the animals to give away. Habitat connectivityLast, the most ambitious solution to Madikwe’s elephant problem is habitat connectivity and an expansion of Madikwe towards Pilanesberg. The only current, viable, logistically possible solution that reduces elephant populations and can maintain a certain elephant population in Madikwe, is culling. There is no other current solution in Madikwe to solve its elephant management conundrum other than culling.