The Path of the Giants: When Wildlife and Humans Cross

Описание: This video provides a detailed technical analysis of four recent fatal elephant encounters across Southern Africa, exploring the environmental factors and human-wildlife conflict triggers behind each incident.

Incident Case Studies:
Cold Storage, Livingstone: A timeline of the September 2025 event where a trapped bull elephant turned on a crowd in a residential area.

The Railways Compound Incident: A report on the 04:00 AM fatal encounter that occurred within 24 hours of the Cold Storage trampling.

Malelane Gate Tragedy (Kruger National Park): A breakdown of the January 2025 event involving a defensive charge by a herd member near the park’s entrance.

The Madimbo Border Incident: An analysis of the July 2025 trampling of an SANDF soldier during a border safeguarding patrol in a known migration corridor.

Video Breakdown:
[00:00] Introduction to Human-Wildlife Conflict in 2025 [00:15] The Cold Storage trampeling [02:06] The Railways trampeling [03:42] Malelane Gate Tragedy [05:42] The Madimbo Border Incident

Fact-Based Research:
All narratives in this video are constructed from technical reports provided by:

South African National Parks (SANParks)

The Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW), Zambia

Official South African National Defence Force (SANDF) media releases

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