SOUTH AFRICA’S ELEPHANT MANAGEMENT IS AN EXEMPLARY SUCCESS STORY South African National Parks (SANParks) is today celebrating World Elephant Day at the Kruger National Park (KNP), one of Africa’s great elephant conservation strongholds. Across the world this occasion has been observed annually since its inauguration in 2012, to highlight the status of countries’ elephant management practices, allowing the opportunity to highlight lessons learned through both success stories and areas of challenge. SANParks is celebrating 2024 #WorldElephantDay under the theme “Evidence-Based Conservation – The Success Story Behind South Africa’s Elephant Management Lessons”. This seeks to encourage continuous engagement around elephant management across South Africa on the basis, of evidence-based scientific data which is at the backbone of today’s healthy elephant populations: https://buff.ly/4djM9y6
South African National Parks (SANParks)
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About us
South African National Parks is one of the world's leading conservation and scientific research bodies and a leading proponent of maintaining the indigenous natural environment. South African National Parks, (SANParks), manages a system of parks which represents the indigenous fauna, flora, landscapes and associated cultural heritage of the country. Of all the national parks, most have overnight tourist facilities, with an unrivalled variety of accommodation in arid, coastal, mountain and bushveld habitats. National parks offer visitors an unparalleled diversity of adventure tourism opportunities including game viewing, bush walks, canoeing and exposure to cultural and historical experiences. Conferences can also be organised in many of the parks. The national parks are: Addo Elephant, Agulhas, Augrabies, Bontebok, Camdeboo, Garden Route, Golden Gate, Karoo, Kgalagadi, Kruger, Mapungubwe, Marakele, Mokala, Mountain Zebra, Namaqua, Table Mountain,Tankwa Karoo, West Coast and |Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld.
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http://www.sanparks.org
External link for South African National Parks (SANParks)
- Industry
- Leisure, Travel & Tourism
- Company size
- 1,001-5,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Pretoria, Gauteng
- Type
- Government Agency
- Founded
- 1926
Locations
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Primary
643 Leyds Street
Muckleneuk
Pretoria, Gauteng 0001, ZA
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214 Main Road
L'Agulhas
Bredasdorp, Western Cape 7287, ZA
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Skukuza, Mpumalanga 1350, ZA
Employees at South African National Parks (SANParks)
Updates
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A group of 40 red-billed oxpeckers were flown into #MountainZebraNationalPark in August 2010. The birds spent one week in an aviary to acclimatise to the local conditions, before being gradually released into the Park. The oxpeckers were originally caught in #KrugerNationalPark and flown into the national park by the Mpongo Park near East London, which also received 20 of the birds. Mountain Zebra National Park's Honorary Rangers initiated the oxpeckers project, while the Endangered Wildlife Trust and Stormberg Raptor Rehabilitation Project were instrumental in sourcing the oxpeckers and providing technical advice. Red-billed oxpeckers were exterminated in the Eastern Cape in the early 1900s, largely due to the practice of dipping livestock with toxic chemicals. Oxpeckers feeding on dipped cattle would soon fall prey to the poisonous ticks they targeted. South African National Parks subsequently urged farmers in the area to use oxpecker-friendly pesticides (identified by the oxpecker logo on the bottle) and by all accounts, the population is still doing well. #HistoricMondays
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We are #hiring. There are various vacancies available. View more information and apply here: https://buff.ly/3e9MKWw #JobSeekersSA
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🚨SOCIAL MEDIA ALERT🚨 Please note that the incident of a vehicle bumping a lioness at a sighting in #KrugerNationalPark has been dealt with. Action was implemented as soon as we were alerted of the incident. Thank you for reporting the matter to us. Please report all sightings of snared animals, suspicious behaviour, rule breakers and any other incidents as follows – Kruger National Park Emergency Hotline 013 735 4325 /013 735 0197 or 076 8019679 (WhatsApp or call): https://buff.ly/3WhW1kt
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Happy #WorldElephantDay. 🐘 __ 📸Regamey Wildlife Photography 📍#KrugerNationalPark #LiveYourWild #WildIsOurBackyard #elephant
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SANParks celebrates National Women's Month. #WomensDay #WomensMonth #WomenInConservation #LiveYourWild
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Webcam highlights. __ #LiveYourWild #SANParks #Wildlife
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We are looking for aspiring youth entering their first year of undergraduate studies in the 2025 academic year to join our external bursary programme. Apply now: https://buff.ly/3Y8k9J8
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To ensure a safe and joyful trip through our parks, kindly adhere to the following rules and regulations as stipulated by South African National Parks: https://buff.ly/3WhW1kt #LiveYourWild #RulesAndRegulations #Safety
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Golden hour. __ 📷 lacreativestudios 📍#KrugerNationalPark #LiveYourWild #SANParks #WildIsOurBackyard