More than 150 000 African elephants have been lost during the past decade, and numbers will continue to decline because of poaching, the ongoing human-elephant conflict over land and inbreeding.
City Press was invited to experience such an interaction, and we were impressed at the respectful way in which the pachyderms were treated. At Adventures With Elephants, the beasts interact on their own terms and can walk away from people and into the bush any time they choose. Ashleigh told City Press: “I came here for the first time when I was six years old. We came here as a family. I was still very scared and didn’t want to go to the elephants, but then I loved meeting them and learning about them. As soon as I saw them, I knew I would love them.”
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