Elephant Bull, Mambo’s Rescue Mission! Helicopters, Vets & A Lot of Searching!

Scenes from Mambo’s Rescue Mission! This was no small mission! It cost us R30 000, with the helicopters, vet and diesel used. It took several days and nights of sweat and stress. It took two helicopters. And a lot of searching in the stormy summer rain. But we were able to locate and relocate Mambo, to reunite him with his herd. Read the FULL STORY IN OUR BLOG https://herd.org.za/blog/elephant-bul... You might be wondering why we couldn’t simply let Mambo go… There are many reasons involved, but namely our reserve has a tourism presence, with other safari lodges, and with Mambo being used to humans, due to the care and protection of the carers over the years, he could become a problem elephant and pose a risk for human-elephant conflict, by getting too close to humans or settlements. He could cause harm to himself and people. Mambo might be able to be released into the wild one day but it will be in a different reserve where there is no human presence. Mambo is loved by his herd and his mother and simply letting him go with no warning could cause distress to his herd. Mambo has tried to join the wild herds before but they ultimately left him and he was roaming alone. He doesn’t have the experience of being alone in the wild and since he is our responsibility, we need to ensure no risk of harm to him. Watch the video and read the blog to see how the events played out. Let us know your questions and we will do our best to answer them! 🐘💖 We are immensely relieved to have Mambo home with his herd, safe and sound and are incredibly grateful to everyone who played a hand in his rescue. Listen to our carers’ take on the mission:    • Elephant Bull, Mambo Goes Missing! PART ON...   If you’d like to help us recover the immense expenses of this operation, you can kindly donate online https://herd.org.za/donate/ or contact us at [email protected].