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Photographed by Vanessa Gueli
Location: Shingwedzi riverbed
Date: September 2nd 2011
Photographed by Corlia le Roux
Location: Shingwedzi riverbed
Date: October 3th 2011
Photographed by Aat Vuik
Location: Shingwedzi area
Date: December 3rd 2011
Photographed by Richard Brett
Location: Shingwedzi area
Date: March 25th 2012
As you can see, Mpenza lost his right tusk. Probably end 2011 (nov/dec)
Photographed by Mareliza Jurgens
Location: Shingwedzi (riverbed)
Date: September 28th 2012
Photographed by Willie Knoetze
Location: Shingwedzi
Date: March 19th 2014
Photographed by Aat Vuik
Location: Shingwedzi (riverbed near camp)
Date: May 2 and 3 2014
Photographed by Richard Brett
Location: Shingwedzi area
Date: May 2nd 2014
Updated: September 11th 2015
MPENZA
Tuskers of Kruger
Named after a waterhole and small river just north of Shingwedzi
Photographed by Oelof van Rensburg
Location: Shingwedzi area
Date: september 23th 2010
Photographed by Weny Hay
Location: Shingwedzi area
Date: june 24th 2010
Photographed by Michael Rodgers
Location: Shingwedzi riverbed
Date: 3rd of August 2011
Photographed by Elizabeth Reid
Location: Shingwedzi riverbed (along road S52)
Date: August 29th 2011
Photographed by Willie Knoetze
Location: Shingwedzi area
Date: September 26th 2014
Photographed by Pietman Muller
Location: Shingwedzi (riverbed)
Date: November 10th 2014
Photographed by Jacques & Michelle Joubert
Location: Shingwedzi (riverbed)
Date: June 4th 2015
Photographed by Willie Knoetze
Location: Shingwedzi area
Date: August 2nd 2015
MPENZA
He died August 19th 2015 close to Shingwedzi Camp
First photos showed him with two tusks and a collar.
He lost his right
tusk in October / November 2011
Later on he lost his collar (unknown who collared him)
Last photos with his body in the
Shingwedzi riverbed where he has been spotted many times. His remaining tusk has been saved (weighed 58,2 KG)
His range: Mainly
Shingwedzi region
Photographed by Richard Prinsloo
Location: Shingwedzi (riverbed)
Date: October 1st 2014