Elephants at zoo locations in South Africa
Region: | 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: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location holdings: | 9 zoo locations has kept 34 elephants in South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elephants in zoo locations | 10 (2,8) living | 24 (6,18) dead | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sex ratio and Management: |
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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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name | Elephant collection | Type | Place | District | Province | State | Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bloemfontein Zoo Kept totally 5 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 1 births | 3 relocated | 2 deaths | zoo | Bloemfontein | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Johannesburg Zoo Kept totally 13 elephants | , 3 present (1,2) | 5 births | 2 relocated | 8 deaths | zoo | Gauteng | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mitchell Park Zoo Kept totally 1 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 1 relocated | 0 deaths | zoo | Durban (map) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pretoria Zoo Kept totally 6 elephants | , 1 present (1,0) | 1 births | 0 relocated | 5 deaths | zoo | Pretoria (map) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Springs Zoo Kept totally 2 elephants | , 0 present (0,0) | 0 births | 0 relocated | 2 deaths | zoo | Springs | Gauteng | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |