The headaches and heartaches when it comes to elephant management in South Africa

The client looked up and asked, “Why go to so much effort in keeping these elephants?” Good question! Harry eats round 5% of his bodyweight per day (4 metric tons), so he and his extended family costs the Elephant Park tens of thousands of rands per month in providing food alone. But this special extended family is worth every cent, and we believe that these elephants can help us convey a very important conservation message.

With the general elephant population in South Africa growing at 6,25% per annum, culling being targeted by certain sectors of society as ‘verboten’ and conservationists having to defend other species at the expense of further elephant population explosion, what role does Knysna Elephant Park play in the elephant management game?That is a question that we would like you to answer once you have digested the content of this newsletter; which is another challenge we have set ourselves - to provide you with enlightening and useful information about conservation and the elephants!