Elephant herd rescues antelope from KZN Boma April 08 2003 at 12:36PM A conservation team were left baffled when 11 elephants arrived at their camp in Empangeni, Zululand to rescue a herd of antelope who were being held in a boma. Conservationist Lawrence Anthony said on Tuesday that a private game capture company had been working on the Thula Thula Exclusive Private Game Reserve capturing antelope that were to be relocated for a breeding programme. Shortly before relocation the antelope were being housed in a boma enclosure. The team were settling in for the night when a herd of 11 elephants approached the boma, he said. 'Onlookers realised this was not a mission for free food, but actually a rescue' "The herd circled the enclosure while the capture team watched warily, thinking the herd were after lucerne being used to feed the antelope," Lawrence said. "This went on for quite a while until the herd seemed to back off from the boma perimeter fence." The herd's matriarch, named Nana, approached the enclosure gates and began tampering with the metal latches holding the gates closed. She carefully undid all the latches with her trunk, swung the gate open and stood back with her herd. "At this stage the onlookers realised this was not a mission for free food, but actually a rescue," said Lawrence. The herd watched the antelope leave the boma and dart off before they walked off into the night. Thula Thula resident Ecologist Brendon Whittington-Jones said: "Elephant are naturally inquisitive, but this behaviour is certainly most unusual and cannot be explained in scientific terms". - Sapa
New Children's book: Babar's wild adventure. That is wild, makes me understand the Jungle Book better. DAMN YOU SHERE KHAN!!! look for the bear necessities, the simple bear necessities, forget about your worry and your strife. And musn't we forget, Hakuna Matata!
Is this true? I am truly baffled. We know we're screwed when they turn violent though. Up next for the Bush administration, "Operation Annihilate Animal Uprising."
If you even visit the DC national zoo it's so funny. They have the jaguars penned right next to the zebras. Both are in full view of each other. Cracks me up everytime.
