Mar.13.2021
Most people heading out on an African safari will have a fairly traditional list of animals in mind that they are hoping to see. But if you dig a little deeper, search a little harder, look a little longer, maybe you will spot something a little different. Finding one of these not-often-seen animals can really make your safari extra special.
1. Black Rhino: Etosha National Park, Namibia
The black rhino is the rarer and smaller of Africa s two rhino species, though it is still a rather imposing animal, with its tank-like body and two lethal horns and can still grow to an impressive height of 6 feet at the shoulder which isnât small at all! Once found across Southern and East Africa, the black rhino is now considered critically endangered, with fewer than 5,000 left in the wild.
DECEASED: Seiphetho
The Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) is in search of an elephant that killed one of their officers last Saturday.
Moitiredi Seiphetho, a wildlife officer based at Letlhakane village in Boteti, was attacked and fatally wounded by an elephant at 4B Ranches in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR)-Setata end.
The 24-year-old officer from Boteti died just two days before his 25th birthday.
According to the Director of DWNP, Kabelo Senyatso, the incident occurred when the three officers, including Seiphetho, were attending to elephant damage reports at the ranches.
He said the elephant appeared to have been injured thereupon the officers took a decision to tranquilize it.
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