Knysna Elephants

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Originally posted by Mark
http://www.knysnaelephantpark.co.za/

Worth every penny, just dont agree with the public feeding them fruit every 30min.

We stopped the public from feeding our elephants and giraffe about two years ago as they were overweight (kinda hard to tell on an elephant but they were). Since then they have been on a controlled diet and have had to be exercised daily in addition to their normal browsing pattern. They are now much slimmer and healthier looking animals.

Given that these Knsyna Park elephants are semi free range is it safe to assume they get quite a bit of exercise?