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Park officials received reports that the bulls had escaped from the park and entered Matsulu Village which is one of the neighbouring communities on its borders.

SANParks dispatched a helicopter upon request from the Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA) to herd the trio back. However, it was unsuccessful because of interference on the ground by community members. This led to the decision to put the elephants down.

The situation was monitored and administered by the MTPA under the applicable legislation for such incidents as Matsulu is outside of the park and within the jurisdiction of the agency.
“We received a phone call about three elephant bulls who escaped near Matsulu. Due to the interference of the community, we took a decision to shoot them,” said Lesley Nyawo, spokesman for KNP.

The community harvested the meat and other body parts, and it is not clear at this stage whether the ivory was taken.

Images from a related Facebook post:

Lesley Nyawo‎ to SANParks - Kruger National Park
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KNP ELEPHANTS SPOTTED IN MASTULU VILLAGE OUTSIDE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK
SANParks - Kruger National Park received reports on 3 Elephant bulls that escaped from the Kruger National Park into Matsulu village which is one of the neighboring communities bordering the park earlier today, 10 March 2018.
A helicopter was dispatched by SANParks to herd the Elephants back into the park upon request from the Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency, the operation to herd the Elephants back into the park was unsuccessful based on interferences on the ground by the community members which led to the a decision to take the Elephants down.
The situation is being monitored and administered by the Mpumalanga Tourism Parks Agency using the applicable legislation for such incident as Matsulu is outside of the park and within the jurisdiction of Mpumalanga Tourism Parks Agency.
Regards
Lesley Nyawo

We demand the meat

Very sad!

They did not take long for that decision, it seems

Well ,...... carrying a piece of meat on your back is much much better than knowing that there is a herd of elephants on the other side of the river

This has happened there before...dunno where that thread went?

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12h12 hours ago

Alert

Elephant escaped Kruger and was in the section right at the turnoff to Ngwenya Lodge

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Over populated People settlements ALWAYS come first ..Learn to live with Ellies like the rest of Africa ..makes me sick to the core

Peter Betts wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 3:13 pm Over populated People settlements ALWAYS come first ..Learn to live with Ellies like the rest of Africa ..makes me sick to the core

Yup, this is going to end in tears