In 1999, a South African conservationist named Lawrence Anthony was offered a herd of “rogue” elephants scheduled to be shot, and he took them onto Thula Thula, a depleted reserve in Zululand, camping beside them at night until they stopped breaking out — when he died in 2012, the herd walked twelve hours to his house and stood vigil for two days
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The phone call in 1999 was the kind that ends with an apology. A conservation group needed somewhere to put a herd of elephants — seven animals with a reputation. They were escape artists and fence-breakers, labeled rogue, and they had run out of chances. If Lawrence Anthony wouldn’t take them, they would be shot.
Anthony ran Thula Thula, a 5,000-acre former hunting ground in Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, that he was trying to rebuild into a game reserve. He had no elephant experience to spe
Anthony ran Thula Thula, a 5,000-acre former hunting ground in Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, that he was trying to rebuild into a game reserve. He had no elephant experience to spe
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