Historic collaboration secures South Africa’s smallest free-roaming elephant herd

 

(Posted 22nd November 2025)

 

Courtesy of African Elephant News

 

Independent Online (South Africa), November 20, 2025
A joint effort by Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife (Ezemvelo), Humane World for Animals, and the Loziba Wildlife Reserve has resulted in securing one of the country’s smallest and most isolated free-roaming elephant populations. The move follows years of conflict between the elephants and nearby communities, driven largely by damaged fences and mixed land use. For roughly a decade, the Mawana/Loziba elephants have ranged across northern KwaZulu-Natal without consistent containment.
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