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== The slaughter of the Addo elephant herd == | == The slaughter of the Addo elephant herd == | ||
The Xhosa Kingdom in the Eastern Cape of South Africa was colonized by European farmers who had to manage alongside the largest surviving population of elephants in South Africa. Conflict over water supplies developed between the farmers and the herd of 130 elephants, leading to the South African government employing Major Philip Jacobus Pretorius to cull the Addo herd by roughly 114 animals. Only 16 elephants were saved from slaughter. The fate of the Addo elephants was linked to the development of agriculture in the region | The Xhosa Kingdom in the Eastern Cape of South Africa was colonized by European farmers who had to manage alongside the largest surviving population of elephants in South Africa. Conflict over water supplies developed between the farmers and the herd of 130 elephants, leading to the South African government employing Major Philip Jacobus Pretorius to cull the Addo herd by roughly 114 animals. Only 16 elephants were saved from slaughter. The fate of the Addo elephants was linked to the development of agriculture in the region.<ref>[https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/human-elephant-conflict-how-to-live-alongside-largest-living-land-animal.html Human-elephant conflict: How to live alongside the largest living land animal] Natural History Museum</ref> | ||
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[[Category:Human-wildlife conflict]] | [[Category:Human-wildlife conflict]] | ||