Hartbeespoort Elephant Sanctuary (Craig Saunders) in South Africa

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Hartbeespoort Elephant Sanctuary (Craig Saunders)
Type	sanctuary
Total nrs	6
Number of animals	6
Address	P.O. Box 4570
Zip-code	0250
Place	Brits
Country	South Africa
Website	Website
Facebook	Facebook
Related persons
Owner	Craig Saunders


Key People
Zoological department
Elephant department
Record history
History of updates	2020-10-30

Latest document update	2020-10-30 07:03:11
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Description

Hartbeespoort Elephant Sanctuary (Craig Saunders), located at P.O. Box 4570, in Brits, South Africa .

Living elephants

At the Hartbeespoort Elephant Sanctuary (Craig Saunders) lives 10 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)

♂ Amarula
♀ Kumba born 1995
♀ Mosadi born 1995
♂ Mwuso born 1999
♀ Temba born 2001
⚪ unknown
⚪ unknown
⚪ unknown
⚪ unknown
⚪ unknown

Comments / picturesDaily Programmes, Tour Groups, Workshop-Style Conferences, Incentives & Team Building, Lodge Overnight Experience.

Hartebeespoort dam is on the R512 northwest of Sandton. 2-km west of the 4-way stop at Hartebeespoort Dam (Dam Doryn) on the Rustenburg road. Follow the Sun City signs from Randburg or Sandton.

2001-04: A Zimbabwean handler, Fiso Mbambo, was killed by a captive elephant used in the making a film near Hartebeespoort Dam.

2013-04-15: one of the handlers was trampled to death while taking elephants out for exercise.

References for records about Hartbeespoort Elephant Sanctuary (Craig Saunders)

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Hartbeespoort Elephant Sanctuary (Craig Saunders), Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=195. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/04/16/south-african-elephant-handler-slips-off-back-elephant-and-is-trampled-to-death/?test=latestnews

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