Marvelous Mambo, Young Elephant Bull and Big Brother

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On this glorious day out, young bull, Mambo enjoys a momentous mud bath with Kumbura and Limpopo, before Mom, Lundi joins in. The pair, mother and son, enjoy some very special bonding time applying sand after their time in the mud, loosening the sand with the edges of their strong feet and then tossing it … Continued

Growing our HERD – With Mpisi Primary School

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โ€œEducation is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.โ€ โ€“ Nelson Mandela, South African Hero We are excited to be starting new relationships with different schools around us in Hoedspruit, starting with the school that our junior carer, Khensani attended many moons agoโ€ฆ Mpisi Primary School. Khensani has been leading … Continued

HERD’s Gratitude Blog ~ June 2021

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A HUGE THANK YOU FROM HERD Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude… Our hearts seem very small beside the gentle giants in the Jabulani herd, and increasingly smaller beside growing Khanyisa, but how they seem and how they feel are two … Continued

What it means when we call elephants “ecosystem engineers”

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HERD Operations Manager, Juan Ferreira shares some insight into elephants and their impact on the environment. Elephants are considered as ecosystem engineers, sculpting the landscape they move through and creating microhabitats for smaller mammals and invertebrates as well as facilitating much needed plant diversity. As the Jabulani elephant herd and wild elephant herds in the … Continued

Albino Baby Elephant, Khanyisa & Her Journey in Blankets

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She is an already unusual sightโ€ฆ a little pink elephant with blonde tail hairs and trunk whiskers and white-blue eyes… But with her multi-coloured range of blankets that hug her body on cold evenings and mornings, Khanyisa is a vision. A unique orphan-no-longer, her journey has been anything but usual, with her second chance at … Continued

An Inspiring Q&A with Wildlife Vet, Dr Peter Rogers

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For World Veterinary Day, we are celebrating all the incredible wildlife vets who have played vital roles in our work with elephants and other animals over the years: Dr Peter Rogers and the team at Provet Wildlife Services, Dr Johan Marais of Saving the Survivors, and Dr Ben Muller who accompanied Adine and Khanyisa after … Continued

Stop Snaring ~ A Multi-Language Message from Our Elephant Carers

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We invite classrooms across the country or continent to share these videos with your students and spread the message! #STOPSNARING Our multi-language videos about snaring aim to reach more and more people across South Africa and beyond, and will form part of our community collaborations in schools, starting with English, Sotho, Shangaan and Shona. Watch … Continued