Daily Maverick was a guest of the Kruger National Park to witness the darting of an elephant to test for tuberculosis. This is part of a research project with Stellenbosch University, which comes after an adult elephant bull was found dead from human ...
July 12, 2022
A jumbo operation to test Kruger Park elephant for TB by Shiraaz Mohamed, Daily Maverick July 12, 2022 A SANParks H125 helicopter hovers above an elephant bull in the southern part of the Kruger National Park. The cabin door is open and veterinary senior manager Dr Peter Buss stands on the landing skids. Safely strapped to the helicopter, he uses a dart gun to anaesthetise the huge animal with a combination of a potent opioid and a tranquilliser .
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