In South Africa, there are 18,000 elephants spread out over 80 game parks.
But as the population continues to grow, they're leaving chaos in their wake - land is being destroyed and there's growing tension with local communities.
Haru Mutasa has been to Limpopo Province, where they're using contraception to stop a different kind of population explosion.
Nyasa Times "Minister of Women and Child Development Kate Kainja-Kaluluma has passed away in United Kingdom. “Indeed Hon Kate Kainja Kaluluma has died,” confirmed family friends in London. The 57-year-old minister was admitted to a North England hospital – York Hospital. Diplomatic sources at Malawi High Commission in London have said arrangements are being made to send her remains to Malawi. Kainja who was Dedza South West Constituency parliamentarian flew to United Kingdom for medical attention after a long-illness. She is survived by a husband, Emanuel Kaluluma and three children."