Bad time for elephant birth
The clouds pass without rain. The status of the animals becomes increasingly precarious and elephants die in numbers. Weakened, the youngest are easy prey for predators. We saw some unpleasant scenes. This morning there was a calf, a few months old, stuck in the mud, still alive but half eaten by hyenas. It was necessary to shoot after obtaining permission from the Park Authorities. While returning from this mission, the behaviour of a solitary female elephant particularly agitated, caught our attention. The elephant had just given birth to a baby that was still wrapped in the placenta. Continue reading
