An elephant, giraffe and vulture were electrocuted in a ‘freak accident’ in the northern section of Kruger National Park on the evening of 7 May 2019, when an Eskom power line collapsed.
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SANParks is yet to establish why the power line collapsed, electrocuting and killing the three animals.
The Shingwedzi Section Ranger was notified of the incident the following morning. Eskom sent a team to attend to the scene and rangers removed the elephant’s tusks ‘for safe-keeping’.
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The power had to be switched off to allow the rangers and Eskom team to tend to the site.
A generator supplied power to the area so that voting could continue at the Shingwedzi Rest Camp’s mobile voting station.
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The park is investigating the power line collapse and will issue an update.
In January, an Eskom pylon collapsed in the Skukuza section of Kruger, killing a white rhino, giraffe, two hyenas and two lions. The horn of the rhino was also removed and taken away for safe-keeping.
Feature image: Sarthak Navjivan.
