73 locations has kept elephants in South Africa
There is presently 174 (72,72) living elephants in locations in South Africa (in this database)
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South Africa is in this database included in africa | Other regions |
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| Wild elephants: |
South Africa has about over 20 000 (2006)wild elephants. Source: |
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| Location holdings: | 73 locations has kept 259 elephants in South Africa
(Database tables with collection of elephants further down on the page)
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| Elephants in locations | 174 (72,72) living | 85 (29,43) dead |
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Sex ratio and
Management: |
| Male | 72 / 174 | | 41% | | Female | 72 / 174 | | 41% | | Free contact | 112 / 174 | | 64% | | Protected contact | 1 / 174 | | 1% | | No contact | 0 / 174 | | 0% | | Unknown contact | 17 / 174 | | 10% | | wild | 43 / 174 | | 25% |
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Before 1981 South Africa had only elephants in KNP, Addo elephant park, Tembe elephant reserve in KwaZulu Natal and some migrating animals from Botswana and Zimbabwe.
The present (2006) wild elephant population is maybe more than 20 000 elephants;
* KNP had in 2005 abt 17 000 elephants (Outside KNP Limpopo area has 831 elephants)
* Swaziland 38
* KwaZulu Natal abt 1 000
* Eastern Cape abt 540
* Northwest 622
* Eastern Cape 6 elephants
* Addo elephant park more than 400 elephants.
South Africa has a legal export of 60 elephant trophies a year. The cost of shooting an elephant is about 20 000 US$, money which partly is financing protection against poaching.
The first elephant back safaris in SA was offered in 2002 by Randall Moore.
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| Name | Elephant collection | Type | Place | District | Province | State | Region |
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Addo Elephant Back Safaris
Kept totally 4 elephants | , 3 present (3,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | camp | Zuurburg | | | | |
Addo Elephant National Park
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 2 deaths | wild | Port Elizabeth | | | | Eastern Cape |
Adventures With Elephants
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 1 present (0,1) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | camp | Bela Bela | | | | Limpopo |
African Game Services (Ricardo Giazza)
Kept totally 27 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 27 relocated | 0 deaths | dealer | Brits
(map) | | | | |
Askari Game Lodge (Plumari Africa game lodge)
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 2 present (2,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | camp | Magaliesburg
(map) | | | | |
Atherstone Nature Reserve
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
1 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | wild | Dwaalboom
(map) | | Limpopo | | |
Balule Nature Reserve
Kept totally 3 elephants | , 1 present (1,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 2 deaths | wild | Phalaborwa | | | | Limpopo Province |
Bayete Zulu Game Lodge
Kept totally 3 elephants | , 3 present (1,2) |
1 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | camp | Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
(map) | | | | |
Bloemfontein Zoo
Kept totally 5 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
1 births | 3 relocated | 2 deaths | zoo | Bloemfontein | | | | |
Boswell Circus
Kept totally 10 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 9 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Boswell-Wilkies Circus
Kept totally 3 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 3 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | Randvaal, Gauteng | | | | |
Botlierskop game reserve
Kept totally 3 elephants | , 3 present (2,1) |
1 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | camp | | | | | |
Brian Boswells Circus
Kept totally 19 elephants | , 2 present (0,2) |
0 births | 15 relocated | 2 deaths | circus | Kwa-Zulu Natal
(map) | | | | |
Buffalo Kloof Private Game Reserve
Kept totally 4 elephants | , 4 present (2,2) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | wild | Makhanda
(map) | | Eastern Cape province | | |
Camp Jabulani
Kept totally 25 elephants | , 22 present (8,13) |
3 births | 0 relocated | 3 deaths | camp | Hoedsprueit
(map) | | | | |
Care for Wild Rhino Sanctuary
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | orphanage | Mpumalanga
(map) | | | | |
Dinokeng Game Reserve
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | wild | Hammanskraal
(map) | | | | Gauteng |
Djuma Game Reserve
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 1 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | wild | Sabi Sand Reserve | | | | |
Ekland Safaris
Kept totally 5 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 5 relocated | 0 deaths | private |
(map) | | Northern Province | | northern Limpopo |
Elephant Sanctuary Hazyview
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 2 present (2,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | camp | Hazyview | | | | |
Elephant Whispers
Kept totally 6 elephants | , 6 present (4,2) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | camp | Hazyview
(map) | Ehlanzeni District | Mpumalanga | | |
Elephants for Africa Forever
Kept totally 18 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 18 relocated | 0 deaths | private | Mooketsi | | | | |
Elephants of Eden (EOE)
Kept totally 13 elephants | , 9 present (2,3) |
1 births | 4 relocated | 0 deaths | camp | Alexandra | | | | Eastern Cape |
EOE rehab centre
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 1 present (1,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | sanctuary | | | | | |
Fillis Circus
Kept totally 0 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Garden Route Game Lodge
Kept totally 4 elephants | , 4 present (1,1) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | private | Albertinia, Western Cape Province | | | | |
Glen Afric (Brooker farm)
Kept totally 5 elephants | , 3 present (0,3) |
1 births | 2 relocated | 0 deaths | private | Hartbeespoort
(map) | | North West Province | | |
Gondwana Big Five Game Reserve
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 1 present (0,1) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | camp | Mossel Bay | | | | Western Cape |
Hammanskraal rehabilitation centre
Kept totally 9 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 8 relocated | 1 deaths | orphanage | Hammanskraal | | | | |
Hartbeespoort Elephant Sanctuary (Craig Saunders)
Kept totally 12 elephants | , 10 present (2,3) |
0 births | 2 relocated | 0 deaths | sanctuary | Brits
(map) | | | | |
Inkwenkwezi Private Game Reserve
Kept totally 4 elephants | , 1 present (1,0) |
0 births | 3 relocated | 0 deaths | private | Kwelera | | | | |
Inverdoorn Game Reserve
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 2 present (2,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | sanctuary |
(map) | | | | |
Jejane Private Reserve
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 1 present (1,0) |
1 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | private | Hoedspruit
(map) | | | | |
Johannesburg Zoo
Kept totally 13 elephants | , 3 present (1,2) |
5 births | 2 relocated | 8 deaths | zoo | Gauteng | | | | |
Knysna Elephant Park
Kept totally 30 elephants | , 18 present (7,11) |
7 births | 6 relocated | 6 deaths | orphanage | Knysna
(map) | | | | |
Knysna forest
Kept totally 5 elephants | , 2 present (1,1) |
0 births | 2 relocated | 1 deaths | wild | | | | | |
Kruger National Park
Kept totally 140 elephants | , 7 present (6,1) |
154 births | 132 relocated | 1 deaths | wild | Kruger National Park
(map) | | | | |
Kwa Madwala Private Game Reserve
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 2 present (1,1) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | camp | Malelane
(map) | | Mpumalanga | | |
Kwantu Game Reserve
Kept totally 6 elephants | , 5 present (1,4) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | private | Grahamstown | | | | |
Limpopo province
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | wild | Polokwane
(map) | | Limpopo province | | |
Lowhills Reserve
Kept totally 14 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
8 births | 8 relocated | 6 deaths | private | Mpumalanga | | | | |
Mabilingwe Game reserve
Kept totally 6 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 6 relocated | 0 deaths | wild | Bela Bela, Limpopo | | | | |
Marakele National Park
Kept totally 14 elephants | , 13 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | wild | Waterberg mountain, Limpopo Province | | | | |
Mitchell Park Zoo
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Durban
(map) | | | | |
Mpumalanga province
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
2 births | 2 relocated | 0 deaths | wild |
(map) | | Mpumalanga province | | |
Natal Zoo Lion Park
Kept totally 7 elephants | , 3 present (0,3) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 4 deaths | zoo | Kwa-Zulu Natal
(map) | | | | |
Natal Zoological Gardens & Lion Park
Kept totally 4 elephants | , 3 present (0,3) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | zoo | | | | | |
Orion Safari Lodge (Hugo Ras)
Kept totally 11 elephants | , 7 present (1,3) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 4 deaths | camp | Rustenburg | | | | |
P.J. Pretorius
Kept totally 0 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | | Nylstroom, Transvaal | | | | |
Pagels Circus (William Pagel)
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | | | | | |
Phinda Reserve
Kept totally 3 elephants | , 1 present (1,0) |
0 births | 2 relocated | 0 deaths | private | | | | | KwaZulu-Natal province |
Pilanesberg boma holding facility
Kept totally 3 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 2 relocated | 1 deaths | camp | Pilanesberg | | | | |
Pilanesberg Elephant Back Safaris
Kept totally 6 elephants | , 6 present (5,1) |
1 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | camp | Pilanesberg | | | | |
Pilanesberg National Park
Kept totally 32 elephants | , 10 present (8,2) |
4 births | 10 relocated | 12 deaths | wild | Sun City
(map) | | | | North West Province |
Pretoria Zoo
Kept totally 6 elephants | , 1 present (1,0) |
1 births | 0 relocated | 5 deaths | zoo | Pretoria
(map) | | | | |
Sabi Sands game reserve
Kept totally 4 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 4 relocated | 0 deaths | wild | | | | | |
Samara Private Game Reserve
Kept totally 3 elephants | , 3 present (2,1) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | wild | Graaff-Reinet
(map) | | | | |
Sanbona Wildlife Reserve
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
1 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | wild | | | | | |
Sandhurst Safari Lodge
Kept totally 11 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
4 births | 11 relocated | 0 deaths | private | Vryburg
(map) | | | | |
Selati Game Reserve
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
1 births | 2 relocated | 0 deaths | wild | Nelspruit
(map) | | Limpopo province | | |
Shambala Game Reserve (Douw Steyn)
Kept totally 7 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
1 births | 7 relocated | 0 deaths | private | Waterberg, Limpopo | | | | |
Shamwari Private Game Reserve
Kept totally 4 elephants | , 3 present (1,2) |
1 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | orphanage | Port Elizabeth
(map) | | | | |
South Africa unspecified location
Kept totally 5 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
7 births | 5 relocated | 0 deaths | wild |
(map) | | | | |
Springs Zoo
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 2 deaths | zoo | Springs | | | | Gauteng |
Tembe Elephant Park
Kept totally 5 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
5 births | 3 relocated | 2 deaths | wild |
(map) | | | | |
The Crags elephant sanctuary
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | private | Plettenberg Bay | | | | |
The Ranch Hotel
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 2 relocated | 0 deaths | camp | Polokwane, Limpopo | | | | |
Thula Thula Private Game Reserve
Kept totally 6 elephants | , 5 present (1,3) |
2 births | 0 relocated | 1 deaths | wild | Empangeni
(map) | | KwaZulu-Natal province | | |
Tshukudu Game Lodge
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | wild | Hoedspruit | | | | |
Tygerberg Zoo
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Cape Town | | | | Western Cape |
Vereeniging Zoo
Kept totally 2 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 2 deaths | zoo | Vereeniging | | | | Gauteng |
W H Wilkies Circus
Kept totally 0 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 0 relocated | 0 deaths | circus | Aberdeen | | | | |
Wildcare Africa Trust wildlife rehabilitation centre
Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) |
0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | orphanage | Pretoria | | | | |
