2020-02-15 - Hoedspruit, South Africa. JEROME DELAY- ASSOCIATED PRESS
Khanysia did not see the trap set by a poacher in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. She cut her mouth, face and underneath her ear and chin. It was days before the 4-month-old albino elephant was found badly dehydrated but alive, and taken to the Hoedspruit Elephant Rehabilitation and Development center, three hours away. Khanyisa gets her name from her unique appearance as an albino, meaning "Light" or "Sunshine" in the local Shona language.
2006-03-27 - Hoedspruit, South Africa. Zinkie Sithole
The fate of a "tame" elephant has yet to be decided, three weeks after she trampled her handler Edias Makore to death when he used a prodder on her. Master elephant trainer Paul Coetzee said: "I have not made a final decision about her fate, but for now we have isolated the elephant and will not use her for future rides."
2006-03-06 - Hoedspruit, South Africa.
The Zimbabwean elephant trainer Elias Makori has died after being trampled by an elephant at Jabulani Camp near the Kruger National Park on Monday morning. Superintendent Moatshe Ngoepe, Limpopo police spokesperson for the Mopane district, said the trainer had been trying to herd an elephant that had strayed from a herd back towards the others when it attacked him at the camp in Hoedspruit.
2005-06-27 - Hoedspruit, South Africa.
South Africa made veterinary history in the world by successfully conducting vasectomies on four elephants at Makalali near Hoedspruit in Limpopo. The operation was a second attempt by the local and foreign veterinary teams in about four months. There is a concern on elephant population increase in Africa where research has revealed a threat to the biodiversity of some national parks on the continent.
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