An elephant, giraffe and a vulture lost their lives when an electricity pole collapsed and electrocuted the animals in the Kruger National Park on Tuesday.

The incident happened at Shingwedzi Section in the north of park. “The animals were electrocuted after an Eskom power line collapsed on Tuesday night. The Section Ranger was notified on Wednesday morning and immediately notified Eskom, who dispatched a team to attend to the scene,” explained Mr Isaac Phaahla, the GM Communications and Marketing of the national park.

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“Power has been switched off to enable rangers to remove the tusks for safe keeping and the generator will supply power to the camp until the area has been attended to by both SANParks and Eskom technicians,” he said. He adds that this did not affect voting in the area, as power was available to enable visitors and staff to exercise their democratic right.

A similar incident happened after heavy rain in November last year when six animals including two lions, a rhino, a giraffe and two hyenas were electrocuted.
Phaahla adds that an investigation will be done to established the cause of the recent collapse