(Posted 19th January 2026)
Courtesy of African Elephant News
| Sophy Roberts, The Guardian (U.K.), January 15, 2026 |
| It is late on a January afternoon in the middle of South Sudan’s dry season, and the landscape, pricked with stubby acacias, is hazy with smoke from people burning the grasslands to encourage new growth. Even from the perspective of a single-engine ultralight aircraft, we are warned it will be hard to spot the last elephant in Badingilo National Park. Technology helps – the 20-year-old bull elephant wears a GPS collar that pings coordinates every hour. |
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