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The video is from Nkorho Pan, which is located in Kruger National Park.
A couple interesting things:
| quote: | All the Big Five game animals are found at Kruger National Park, which protects over 147 species of mammals. As of 2004, the park has counted approximately:
* 25,150 African Buffalo
* 200 African Hunting Dogs
* 350 Black Rhinoceros
* 32,000 Burchell's Zebras
* 500 Bushbucks
* 200 Cheetahs
* 300 Common Eland
* 9,000 Giraffes
* 5,000 Greater Kudus
* 3,000 Hippopotamus
* over 170,000 Impalas.
* 1,000 Leopards
* 2,000 Lions
* 160 Mountain Reedbucks
* 300 Nyalas
* 300 Reedbucks
* 60 Roan Antelopes
* 550 Sable Antelopes
* 11,670 Savannah Elephants
* 2,000 Spotted Hyenas
* 200 Tsessebes
* 3,800 Warthogs
* 5,000 Waterbucks
* 5,000 White Rhinoceros
* 17,000 Blue Wildebeest
The park stopped culling elephants in 1989 and tried translocating them, but by 2004 the population had increased to 11,670 elephants. The park's habitats can only sustain about 8,000 elephants. The park successfully started using annual contraception in 1995.
The Kruger National Park holds over 48 tons of ivory in storage. According to Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), it is allowed to sell 30 tons |
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