How can­celled rewild­ing plan will affect Knysna’s lone ele­phant

 

(Posted 20th November 2025)

 

Courtesy of African Elephant News

Ryno Joubert, PressReader (U.K), November 18, 2025
A privately fun­ded R5m pro­posal by the organ­isa­tion Herd Instinct to rein­tro­duce a small herd of ele­phants into the Knysna forests. A privately fun­ded R5m pro­posal by the organ­isa­tion Herd Instinct to rein­tro­duce a small herd of ele­phants into the Knysna forests — an ini­ti­at­ive inten­ded to provide com­pan­ion­ship for the last sur­viv­ing Knysna ele­phant, “Strange­foot”, or “Oupoot ”— was form­ally with­drawn on Octo­ber 25.
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