A feeding Knysna elephant by Hylton Herd (SANParks)
Major Philip Jacobus Pretorius armed for an elephant hunt. Leather suit and .475 cordite Express rifle, "a treasure of a gun" (Pretorius 1947). Addo bush in the background by Homer LeRoy Shantz (1919)
The Knysna elephants were the relicts of once substantial herds of African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana)[1] in the Outeniqua/Tsitsikamma region of southernmost South Africa. As of 2022, the herds have been reduced to a lone adult female. The elephant herds roamed the southern tip of Africa into the 1800s and 1900s, when contact with European farmers and hunters led to their decimation. It is conjectured that about 1,000 elephants historically roamed the Outeniqua/Tsitsikamma area.[2] A 2006 DNA analysis of dung samples revealed the presence of at least 5 cows and possibly some bulls and calves,[1] moving within an area of 121,000 hectares of forest managed by SANParks – the only unfenced elephant group in South Africa. However, by 2019, researchers realised that a mature female at the Knysna Forest was the last to survive.
^ ab"How many elephants are there in the Knysna forest?". Knysna Elephant Park. 14 June 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^"Elephant spotted in Knysna forest". knysnaplettherald.com. Knysna-Plett Herald. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
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