Elephants of Eden (EOE) in South Africa

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Elephants of Eden (EOE)
Local name Eastern Cape rehabilitation centre
Typecamp
Last elephant left2013
Closed down2013
Address Woody Cape
Place Alexandra
Region Eastern Cape
Country South Africa
Related persons
Owner?-2013: Lizette Withers Knysna Elephant Park
2013: Department of Rural Development and Land Reform

Zoological department
Elephant department
Elephant keepers


Record history
History of updates2020-11-04

Latest document update2020-11-04 11:23:11
Description

Elephants of Eden (EOE), located at Woody Cape, in Alexandra, South Africa . The last elephant left in 2013. Elephants of Eden (EOE) closed down in 2013.

Living elephants

At the Elephants of Eden (EOE) lives 9 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)
  1. Harry born 1989
  2. Namib born 1988
  3. Shanti born 2000?
  4. Tembi born 2013-05-21
  5. Tosha born 1988
  6. unknown
  7. unknown
  8. unknown
  9. unknown

Casualties

1 casualties
  1. 2008-09: elephant keeper Vanhuvmnwe Chinangama fatal attack by Gambo. Killed by the bull Gambo in September 2008. † Vanhuvmnwe Chinangama Died 2008-09, Woody Cape, in Alexandra. Chinangama arrived the Sondelani Game Lodge in November 2005 from Pamuzinda Safari Lodge, as elephant keeper for the one-tusked bull Bonniface, and later worked in Elephants of Eden (EOE), located at Woody Cape, in Alexandra, South Africa.

Comments / picturesEoE is adjacent to Addo National Park.

2008-09: Zimbabwean born Vanhuvmnwe Chinangama was killed by the bull Gambo at Elephants of Eden.

2013-06-29: The 380 ha property was sold for R11 million to Department of Rural Development and Land Reform.

References for records about Elephants of Eden (EOE)

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Elephants of Eden (EOE), Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=1132. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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