Back to Index

Goodbye Kunda
Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force (ZCTF)
February 01, 2012

It is with deep sadness and regret that we announce that the baby elephant Kunda, rescued from the road between Karoi and Makuti, died yesterday.

Despite superhuman efforts by Gordon and Debbie Putteril to save the little elephant, he died. It is suspected that he died of pneumonia but we believe a post mortem is to be conducted by the Veterinary Services Wildlife Department. At only 3 weeks old, he was possibly the youngest elephant ever to be hand reared by humans and elephants that young are extremely fragile, especially when they don't have their natural mother. From the time Gordon and Debbie received Kunda, they literally worked around the clock, giving him the best care possible and we would like to thank them for their efforts.

We would like to thank the people who donated money for Kunda's upkeep, especially Lorraine and Gavin Randall and Garry and Linda Rattray. Thanks to them, we were able to buy quite a large quantity of soya milk for Kunda which sadly, he won't be needing now.

Visit the ZCTF fact sheet

Please credit www.kubatana.net if you make use of material from this website. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License unless stated otherwise.

TOP