A travelling herd of eland is bucking up the Cape's endangered ecosystems
Enormous antelopes are ‘pruning’ the veld at Vergelegen — thanks to the efforts of the Gantouw Project
08 November 2020 - 00:00
Zoologist Petro Botha did wonder if the five full-grown eland she'd raised since they were knock-kneed calves would stop trusting her after her visits dropped from daily to weekly. Before that, the lockdown had forbidden contact for weeks...
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