Our study on the movement patterns of two rewilded herds has continued to amaze us.
This study underpins the potential of captive elephants to successfully adapt to a free-living environment, emphasizing the promising implications of reintegration initiatives.
A huge thank you to Humane World for Animals for funding the Open Access fee to have this article immediately available to everyone and for the funds that enabled us to write up this paper.
2025 marks the 10th anniversary of our incredible story of the rewilded African elephant on !Khamab Kalahari reserve. We will be celebrating this success story by removing the GPS collars
Publication on our research on the welfare of Rewilded Elephants in South Africa. The study explores how elephants’ behavioural repertoires and frequencies change throughout a reintegration operation in comparison to
ERT’s team is flourishing with remarkable individuals who are instrumental in advancing our research objectives and beyond. Its been a delight having our first field volunteers, Freya and Immy, form
Since 2021, the Reintegrated herd on !Khamab Kalahari Reserve welcomed one new calf in 2021 and the Wild herd was blessed with two new calves in 2023. These two herds
Throughout the course of 2022-2023, we have collared seven elephants and continue to monitor them. Movement patterns of elephants on fenced reserves forms an essential part of our long-term research
We were privileged enough to replace Harry and Layla’s collars on Mount Camdeboo with the generous support from Humane World for Animals. This was a very important operation as we
