An elephant, giraffe and vulture were electrocuted in a ‘freak accident’ in the northern section of Kruger National Park on the evening of 7 May 2019, when an Eskom power line collapsed.
SANParks is yet to establish why the power line collapsed, electrocuting and killing the three animals.
The Shingwedzi Section Ranger was notified of the incident the following morning. Eskom sent a team to attend to the scene and rangers removed the elephant’s tusks ‘for safe-keeping’.
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The power had to be switched off to allow the rangers and Eskom team to tend to the site.
A generator supplied power to the area so that voting could continue at the Shingwedzi Rest Camp’s mobile voting station.
The park is investigating the power line collapse and will issue an update.
In January, an Eskom pylon collapsed in the Skukuza section of Kruger, killing a white rhino, giraffe, two hyenas and two lions. The horn of the rhino was also removed and taken away for safe-keeping.
Feature image: Sarthak Navjivan.
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