Show elephants cause da damage mage in south african park johannesburg the almost unbelievable damage done by ele chants to the vegetation in the kru ger national park is described in the latest report of the national parks board I 1 it would seem the report said that where the elephants are used to persecution they wreak such ven geande as they can upon anything in which they detect human odor whereas in places where they do not recognize man as an enemy they have no desire to harm either him or his belongings the report says that an elephant will push down a large tree merely to pluck a few shoots from near the top or get at a small piece of ivy growing on it where a herd of elephants has passed the report said the bush looks as though a cyclone had swept through it |