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“Knysna’s elusive elephants are back in the news after a massive bull elephant trashed a brand new tractor in the Karatara Forest near the town.” - The Times

“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

“The Knysna elephants, made famous through the books written by Dalene Matthee, were thought to be on the verge of disappearing from the forests around the Southern Cape Town. But recent research indicates that a small elephant population still occupies the area and their numbers are increasing.” - SABCnews.com

“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

“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