Five wandering elephants from Mozambique captured in Mpumalanga
Five of the eleven elephants which wandered all the way from Mozambique to Mpumalanga have been captured and relocated in the northern part of the Kruger National Park.
The herd were spotted in the Madadeni area in the Nkomazi region on Saturday.
It is understood that the herd walked from Mozambique to Eswatini before crossing the border into South Africa.
The Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency's Kholofelo Nkambule says the elephants have been released in the Shingwedzi section of the Kruger National Park.
"We are delighted that the elephants are safe, have been captured, and relocated safely. Our wildlife management team will continue to monitor the situation on the ground and look out for the remaining elephants which it is believed to be with the breeding herds.”
Nkambule has also urged local communities to alert officials when they spot the animals outside the protected areas.
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