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There is no third-party corroboration of him killing 40,000 elephants. There's no corroboration he received government approval. No historical record of a 1950's Rhodesian international convention of elephant experts. No record of data collected. No published report. In fact, he was the captain of a special forces commando unit putting down insurgents and "problem elephants", and I just don't see the leader of a killing squad funded by ivory poaching convening a group of non-existent experts in a third world country to review data he never published. As such, I have changed factual claims under "Early work in southern Africa" to indicate they're based on him saying so. http://www.circleranchtx.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Selous-Scout-story-Savory.pdf
I have added the appropriate citations documenting the specifics surrounding Rhodesia's elephant culling program and clarified some of the language to be more precise and neutral. In short, Allan has never claimed to have killed 40,000 elephants but rather clearly states that his early research in the Game Department advocated for culling of large numbers of elephants. This research is not publicly available since it was internal government work, but his advocacy on the matter was discussed publicly in a 1969 articled tited "Crisis in Rhodesia." Only after he left the department and was an MP did a government commission appoint Dr. Graham Child as Director of National Parks who then initiated the aforementioned culling program, and Dr. Child provides a precise estimate on number of elephants culled under his watch. As such, I am going to remove the flag on this section that disputes its neutrality. Bobbygill02 (talk) 18:13, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I am new to Wikipedia editing and plan to revisit after learning more, but the 'Praise and Criticism' section seems pretty obviously biased. The sources may need verification. ACole2 (talk) 05:20, 28 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
