Beat it: Den Staat farmers in South Africa use drumming and fire to deter elephants

 

(Posted 12th November 2026)

 

Courtesy of African Elephant News

Bernard Chiguvare, Mongabay (U.S), November 10, 2026
“Last night we had a very big fight with an elephant in our tomato field,” said Joeman Moyo, a farmer at Den Staat farm in South Africa’s Limpopo region. “We used a torch … to make a fire. The elephant would go away but return when I put out the torch. I also burned a tire, but this did not scare it away for long. It kept coming back when the fire died down.”
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