“Research and DNA analysis from earlier this year has revealed the existence of five previously unknown, female elephants in the Knysna Forest in the Southern Cape region at the tip of South Africa. Researchers say the discovery is reason for cautious optimism that the world’s most southerly elephant population may have survived the onslaught of ivory hunters in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.” - Wildlife Extra

“For more than a decade, the dark depths of the Knysna forest have been a lonely outpost for the last survivor of South Africa’s once great forest elephant herds. ” - IOL

“The legendary elephants of the Knysna forest are on the brink of extinction. Of the hundreds of elephants that once roamed the grasslands and forests of the area, less than a handful remain.” - iafrica.com

“A fourth elephant may be living in the Knysna forest and could be a youngster of about 10 years old. This is the first indication the tiny group of Knysna elephants could be breeding. So far only three animals have been positively identified in the 40 000ha of forest.”The Mercury