Knysna Elephants

[Bushbaby]

Originally posted by eteechah
Thats sort of why it might be a good idea to establish a herd elsewhere away from the Congo and the wars, etc. And it's unlikely that the few remaining elephants in Knysna will be able to cause too much problem to the Congo strain - assuming they translocate enough of them. Of course, the vegetation differences are a problem, but surely one that could be sorted with the usual acclimatisation process.

Then again, who'd want to pay that sort of money for an operation that size and expense?

There is also the argument that both populations are effectively extinct anyway, as there are too few individuals with too narrow a gene pool to sustain the population, let alone regenerate it.