Elephant kills River Lodge guide
A field guide was killed by an elephant at the Thornybush River Lodge yesterday morning.
The victim, Sheldon Hooper (27), was working as a field guide at the lodge and has been employed by the Thornybush Collection (Inzalo Pty LTD) since January 2019.
According to Trevor Jordan, Thornybush Nature Reserve warden, Sheldon and a co-worker were conducting routine inspections of the electrified fence when coming across a family group of elephants that had somehow gained access to the lodge surrounds despite the electrified boundary fence.
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The co-worker managed to escape while Sheldon was unfortunately not so lucky.
Jordan said that understandably, this is a very difficult and heartbreaking time for the family and staff at the Thornybush River Lodge.
More details will follow in Thursday’s Lowvelder
