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Photographed by: Steve Williams

Date: May 16th 2007

Location: Lower Sabie - Crocodile Bridge area

Under: 3 pictures
Photographed by: Johann Mader

Date: July 2006

Location: Lower Sabie area near Duke's Waterhole

I personally have seen Duke 2 times in KNP in 2008 (february-march) and like to share these pictures with you.

These 3 pictures are made by Jeroen Kelderman. These are the last pictures of Duke with 1 tusk.
Date august 28, location S28 at 9.30 in the morning.

September 1st 2008
Confirmation that Duke has lost his other tusk. Crocodile Bridge Section Ranger Neels van Wyk said that he was looking at the old boy and that he had bad news. The other tusk was broken. Duke was spotted by a game drive from Shishangeni Concession Lodge early on Monday morning (September 1, 2008), on the actual concession area. Neels says that, apart from the lack of ivory, Duke appeared fine and was “happily feeding along”. He was in company with four Askaris.
Neels and his team backtracked Duke’s spoor and, as “Lady Luck” was obviously smiling down on them, they were able to find the tusk a short distance away. Evidence shows that he was (again) digging up tree roots – which is thought to be the reason why the other tusk broke. The tusk recovered weighs approximately 32 kgs and the outside curve measures 1,56 metres.

Photographed by: Herman du Toit

Date: December 25th 2005

Location: north of Lower Sabie

Photographed by: Jørgen Petersen

Date: December 9th 2006

Location: Sabie river just south of Lower Sabie