Presentation: Can facilitating natural social structures correct for unnatural and unwanted behaviours in bulls in an elephant population?
Southern African Wildlife Management Association Symposium 2022 – Tammy Eggeling
Publication: Developing welfare parameters for African elephants in fenced reserves in South Africa
PLOS One. 2022
Our Rewilded Population’s Community grows
Translocation of three bulls Seleka, Kaingo and Chulumacha onto !Khamab Kalahari Reserve, to fill in some key age gaps in the bull hierarchy.
Presentation: Using elephant behaviour as a welfare assessment tool: Understanding the role management interventions and population structure play.
Southern African Wildlife Management Association Symposium 2021 – Tenisha Roos
Presentation: Identifying potential measures of stress during a captive to wild elephant reintegration.
Southern African Wildlife Management Association Symposium 2021 – Tammy Eggeling
Khamab Herd Collar Replacement
Tracking collar replacement on our reintegrated herd on !Khamab Kalahari Reserve. Ensures we could continue to monitor their movements with the introduction of another herd of elephants onto the reserve.
Mount Camdeboo Game Reserve Joined Our GWRP
Mount Camdeboo Game Reserve gets added to the reserves we monitor elephants on, as we keep track of Harry’s progress and the resident population he joined.
Rescued Our First Elephant, Harry
This adult male was ordered to be destroyed after repeated breakouts from his reserve where conditions were dire. ERT came together with other dedicated organisations to save and rehome him onto Mount Camdeboo Game Reserve.
Greater Welfare Research Project Began
The first 7 reserves joined our Greater Welfare research project (GWRP). These reserves included Great Fish River Nature Reserve, !Khamab Kalahari Reserve, Shambala Private Game Reserve, Amakhala Game Reserve, Kariega Game Reserve, Thula Thula Game Reserve, Associated Private Nature Reserves
ERT Was Established
Following leading the reintegration of a herd of captive elephants into the wild, Brett Mitchell formed ERT to enable such work could continue.