May 23

African elephants helped this businessman settle in SA!

Article Written by Ian Kilbride and Published in IOL.

CAPE TOWN – In the late 1980s, Africa had lost half its elephant populations due to the onslaught of poaching. You couldn’t help but be affected.

So Ian Kilbride, who admits to being “hung up” about ellies, and a few like-minded friends decided in 1989 to drive from London to Cape Town to see for themselves what they perceived to be the last elephants in the wild and the devastation of the species.

https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/careers/african-elephants-helped-this-businessman-settle-in-sa-15103181