Management and nutrition of 20 newly captured young African elephants, Loxodonta africana in the Kruger National Park

1969 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. YOUNG ◽  
J. OELOFSE
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Loxodonta Africana ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
African Elephants

scholarly journals Distribution and status of the African elephant Loxodonta africana in South Africa, 1652-1992

Koedoe ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A.J. Hall-Martin
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
National Park ◽  
Population Control ◽  
Loxodonta Africana ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
African Elephants ◽  
Population Growth Rates ◽  
Elephant Population ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Consequent Increase

The historical decline of African elephants to a low of 120 animals in 1920, and their subsequent recovery to over 10 000 is described for the major populations of South Africa. Population growth rates of 6,8 and 6,7 per annum are derived from census and estimates for the Kruger National Park and the Addo Elephant National Park respectively. The reasons for elephant population control in the Kruger National Park, and the impact of elephants on both the Kruger and Addo environments, are discussed. The translocation of young elephants to found new populations is mentioned. The consequent increase of elephant range and numbers in the next decade to a possible maximum of 31 000 km2 and 13 000 animals, is envisaged.

scholarly journals Estimating exposed pulp lengths of tusks in the African elephant (Loxodonta africana africana) : article

2008 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Steenkamp ◽  
W.H. Ferguson ◽  
S.C. Boy ◽  
S.M. Ferreira ◽  
M.N. Bester
Keyword(s):  
Missing Data ◽  
National Park ◽  
Loxodonta Africana ◽  
African Elephant ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
African Elephants ◽  
Statistical Property ◽  
Pulp Exposure

Captive and wild African elephants frequently suffer tusk fractures. Several institutions shorten the tusks of captive elephants to reduce fractures and injury as a result of behaviour within enclosures. Fracturing or coronal amputations that expose pulp lead to pain for the elephant. Estimating coronal pulp lengths may thus help to minimise the risk of pulp exposure during amputations. We aimed to determine the length of the pulp beyond the lip margin from an external tusk characteristic. Tusks collected from elephants in Namibia and the Kruger National Park had similar morphological relationships. This statistical property allowed us to correct for missing data in our data sets. Pulp volume and pulp length correlated with tusk circumference at the lip. Even so, the circumference at the lip could not predict the length of the pulp in the crown external to the lip. Our findings suggest that tusks, irrespective of sex or age, amputated further than 300 mm from the lip should not expose pulp.

Vocal stress associated with a translocation of a family herd of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in the Kruger National Park, South Africa

Bioacoustics ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jozua Jakobus Viljoen ◽  
Andre Ganswindt ◽  
Christopher Reynecke ◽  
Angela S. Stoeger ◽  
William Richard Langbauer
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
National Park ◽  
Loxodonta Africana ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
African Elephants

Home range and space use by African elephants ( Loxodonta africana ) in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liberty Mlambo ◽  
Munyaradzi Davis Shekede ◽  
Elhadi Adam ◽  
John Odindi ◽  
Amon Murwira
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
National Park ◽  
Space Use ◽  
Loxodonta Africana ◽  
African Elephants ◽  
Hwange National Park

scholarly journals ELEPHANT (LOXODONTA AFRICANA) DIETS IN KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH AFRICA: SPATIAL AND LANDSCAPE DIFFERENCES

2006 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqui Codron ◽  
Julia A. Lee-Thorp ◽  
Matt Sponheimer ◽  
Daryl Codron ◽  
Rina C. Grant ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
National Park ◽  
Loxodonta Africana ◽  
Kruger National Park

scholarly journals A note on the presence of the Elephant Louse Haematomyzus elephantis piaget (Mallophaga: Rhynchophthirina) in the Kruger National Park

Koedoe ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
L.E.O Braack
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Loxodonta Africana ◽  
African Elephant ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Elephas Maximus ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Ethiopian Region ◽  
Indian Elephant

First described in 1869, this rather unusual insect has been found to be a common ectoparasite on the Indian elephant (Elephas maximus), and has been collected in low numbers from the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) in nearly all of sub-saharan Africa (Ledger 1979, The arthropod parasites of vertebrates in Africa south of the Sahara (Ethiopian Region) Vol. IV.

scholarly journals Panic at the disco: solar-powered strobe light barriers reduce field incursion by African elephants Loxodonta africana in Chobe District, Botswana

Oryx ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Tempe S. F. Adams ◽  
Isaiah Mwezi ◽  
Neil R. Jordan
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
National Park ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Loxodonta Africana ◽  
Complex Problem ◽  
African Elephants ◽  
Forest Reserve ◽  
Strobe Light ◽  
Solar Powered ◽  
African Lions

Abstract Managing interactions between humans and wild elephants is a complex problem that is increasing as a result of agricultural and urban expansion into and alongside protected areas. Mitigating negative interactions requires the development of new tools to reduce competition and promote coexistence. Many studies have tested various mitigation techniques across elephant ranges in Africa and Asia, with varying levels of success. Recently, strobe lights have been suggested as a potential mitigation strategy in deterring African lions Panthera leo from kraals or bomas, but this technique has to date not been tested to reduce negative human–elephant interactions. Over a 2-year period (November 2016–June 2018), we tested the effectiveness of solar-powered strobe light barriers in deterring African elephants Loxodonta africana, in collaboration with 18 farmers in a community adjacent to the Chobe Forest Reserve and Chobe National Park in northern Botswana. Although elephants were more likely to pass by fields with solar-powered strobe light barriers (which was probably a result of selection bias as we focused on fields that had previously been damaged by elephants), they were less likely to enter these treatment fields than control fields without such barriers. Our findings demonstrate the efficacy of light barriers to reduce negative human–elephant interactions in rural communities.

scholarly journals Chromosome analysis in the Kruger National Park: Mitotic and meiotic studies in the African elephant loxodonta africana

Koedoe ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Wallace
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Present Report ◽  
Chromosome Analysis ◽  
Loxodonta Africana ◽  
African Elephant ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
Mitotic Chromosomes ◽  
Meiotic Chromosomes

The present report is published because of the paucity of publication on the mitotic chromosomes of the African elephant Loxodonta africana, and because it is the fisrt study in which the meiotic chromosomes of the species are described.

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