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The Search for the Knysna Elephants
Documentary
The Search for the Knysna Elephants,
a documentary that tells the remarkable story of the world's most
southerly elephants, and Gareth's findings on this population, will
premiere on Animal Planet UK on Saturday, 13/06/2009 at 21:00.
Despite ivory hunting, sport hunting and
poaching in the past, the lack of protection in more recent times,
and deemed 'a functionally extinct population' in the past decade,
The Search for the Knysna Elephants, tells how quietly,
unseen, and without the aid of humankind, the Knysna elephants have
brought themselves back from the very brink.
As recent as 1999, it was thought that
only one Knysna elephant was still alive, an elderly female, known
by the forest people as 'The Matriarch'. Gareth embarked on his
research on the Knysna elephants in 2001, and in the course of
covering thousands of kilometres on foot, he discovers evidence of a
small breeding population. Follow Gareth's forest guard friends,
Wilfred Oraai and Karel Maswatie in the documentary as they
increasingly discover evidence in the forest of a male Knysna
elephant that never before had been seen...The Search for the
Knysna Elephants is a fascinating and inspiring insight into
the hidden world of these "miracle'"elephants.
Latest Articles About Gareth: The Lion Man and His Pride
African Journal of Ecology Article about Knysna Elephants Environment News Service Report Other Articles Written by Gareth: Eden to Addo
Corridor Initiative Tracking Bigfoot
Jumbo Poo is Good for You 3/7/2003 Gareth Wins Environmental Award
Knysna Elephants and Medicinal Mushrooms:
A Case of Self-Medication that has Contributed to the Survival of a
Relic Elephant Population? Gareth's Latest Project:The Knysna
Elephants Inspirational talks and presentations
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