Oupoot the last remaining elephant in the Knysna forest
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- There is an elephant living wild in the forest.
Lovingly nicknamed "Oupoot"....a single elephant cow reckoned to be about 45 years old....
probably the loneliest elephant in the world.
Thank you for posting this incredible video. When the narrator was telling us about all the failed attempts and what wouldn't work to populate this park with ellies, I was thinking about all of the orphaned elephants that would most likely flourish in such a place. I follow an orphanage in SA and even at that orphanage some of the group hang out with wild ellies on occasion. I believe this is by far the best shot to have a top notch gardening crew throughout this forest. Thanks again for the intelligent problem solving video.
G EVENING.JOHANN,,THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR GIVING US A GLIMPSE INTO OUPOOT LIFE..IT WOULD BE WONDERFULL TO SEE HER HAVE A FAMILY..IAM HOPING THEY CAN FIGURE SOMETHING OUT..THANK YOU AGAIN~MANY BLESSINGS TO YOU AN YOUR FAMILY ALSO BLESSINGS TO OUPOOT~
Well I found this most interesting thanks. Let hope something will be done to spare our forest. Being a couple of hours away from it, makes it so close to my heart. We're heading up that way again soon. Its absolute spectacular.
Hoping this female Ele will be safe & not lonely for long.
I am a forest scientist and was manager of the Knysna forest for almost 20 years. That was in the days before the Knysna forest was transferred to SANParks. Since then I have kept contact with the situation. The inaccuracies in this so-called documentary and wild, unscientific assumptions, are shocking. But this is what can be expected in this day and age. Every Tom, Dick and Harry is a self appointed, self esteemed expert qualified to make statements that are laughable to those that truly have the scientific facts and experience.
You were a really bad manager if your tenure led us to where we are today.
What you mean is that there are several elephants there, right?
So, apart from criticising others who clearly made a meaningful contribution to the debate, what are you doing? I see you deny SANPARKS accurate footage frombtge trailcams? Can you take them and show them where the other elephants are?
@Theo. What is your solution then?? Pease share your thoughts..
Please give us the facts.
Thank you Lynn.
Great thanks for this solution - I'd love to see it being implemented!
Some news? Thanks for answer and greetings from Germany
Dankie dat daar mense in 'n uitvoerende posisie is wat hierdie dokumentêr gemaak het en dat dit na 'n positiewe uitwerking wys.Baie dankie.
It is sad she is lonely but elephants and other animals thrive when humans don't encrouch on their territory. Need to transport herds there who are doing it tough because of droughts etc It is unique situation because so many forests are being destroyed.
Also you have a very good speaking voice
Thank you Glenn
I agree with previous comments on bringing a herd of orphans who are ready for a hard release here.
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They must introduce smaller orphan elephants, she will teach them to live in the forest, if they bring adults they wont stay in the forest
What is her status now? Is she still alone?
If they build the bomas in the Knysna forest they must try and build it in a area where nature concervation knows oupoot loves to walk
Great film great concept, except the documentary contradicts itself. Yes we can build a boma for sure, but you still have to put the elephants in a truck and transport them to that boma, they are not going to walk there on their own. Once they have walked out of the Boma into the forest, it’s not to say that they going to stroll back to the Boma, they still have the freedom to go where ever they want, including the farmlands, so as patriotic and as simplistic as this may sound, it’s still fringes on the issues that one would have, had they just released habituated and acclimated elephants into the forest. As the narrator said, they are not sheep, you cannot herd them, the narrator is assuming what he thinks the elephants will do, they are not robots, they are wild animals. I’m not really sure how he can assume they are going to return to the boma after being free in a jungle, that’s like assuming an inmate will come back to prison after being let free in society for one day. I don’t see the logic in that. In my humble opinion, it is part of a solution but it is not the whole solution.Also these would be semi habituated elephants, meaning they would be a lot easier to hunt!
So what happened, did they meet up with ou poot.... was it a successful project ????
Everybody focusing on saving the forest but what about the knysna elephant species self being a distinct different species? Surely a combination of cloning, somatic cell nucleus transfer, cryo preservation and in vitro fertilization could be used to create a male and save the genetic line without diluting it with addo or kruger dna? If they can try bring the wooly mammoth back surely this is worth a shot given still 1 female left?
I actually cried when I saw this video.
How could we destroy nature like this!
Idc about tourism and such businesses. When I was a child still, my family and I went to Knysna many times. I always use to get this excitement rush as I thought there were still many or MUCH MORE THAN now, elephants left. We would drive on the road and for fun slowly to maybe once hear a scream from them or see footprints or poop😁. I cannot believe my ears and eyes atm, only ONE left! Wow.
This is very upsetting to hear.
Also, when I last visited Knysna 2016, along side the road, I saw many people cutting down the trees, looked like they were busy cutting it for business or was planning on building there. This was very off-putting. Knysna was one of the most spectacular and gorgeous places I've known of. I hope no one is cutting more of the trees down. As this is one of the main reasons for its attractions.
Why not transport more elephants from another elephant park to Knysna's forest park so that oupoot can enjoy her days more
The only reason the elephants were aloud to die out is because local farmers and land developers don't want elephants there. They want wild animals to be like sheep contained in fences.there is no place for any animal if people refuse to give it space to live especially larger animals. Most of Africa's wildlife is in the game reserves big zoo's as far as I'm concerned to small for bigger animals to live naturally and if they get out there in trouble. This is the problem.