Emilia Handumbo, one of the HIV-positive women suing the government, told CNN last year that she was given documents to sign while she was in labor and abouttogivebirth in a public hospital.
She explained that female African elephants (Loxodonta africana) are able togivebirth from about 10-12 years but males did not reach sexual maturity until the age of 25-30 years.
Females start breeding at four months old and givebirthto litters of a half-dozen offspring about four times per year, he said, meaning any poison has to outpace reproduction.