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The document separates the incident from wider WhatsApp debate about hunting in the Open System. It details the sequence of events after an initial brain shot failed, subsequent shots to bring down the elephant, the helicopter deployment to locate and manage a wounded animal, and the protocol compliance under the Greater Kruger Hunting Protocol endorsed by GLTFCA signatories.","5 September 2023.  \nDear Griejtie Landowners,  \nHunting Incident 3 September 2023 Maseke / Grietjie  \nFollowing the incident on Sunday the 3rd of September 2023 and the vigorous debate on the WhatsApp chat, I have compiled the response below for your information. There are 2 issues at hand here, the incident itself and then a general debate on the emotive topic of hunting in the Open System. These are 2 separate issues and will be dealt with separately. Various accusations have also been leveled atthe management of Maseke Game Reserve, a region within Balule Nature Reserve (BNR), the same Greater Limpopo Transfronteir Conservation Area Reserve (GLTFCA) in which Grietjie is located.  \nAs a signatory to the GLTFCA Co-operative Agreement, Balule Nature Reserve and all its member regions have adopted and implemented the agreed protocols set out by the Joint Management Committee. This includes the Greater Kruger Hunting Protocol which was developed and endorsed by all signatories including South African National Parks (SANParks), Limpopo Economic Development, Environment and Tourism (LEDET) and Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA) .  \nOur annual animal off-takes are determined by the Associated Private Nature Reserves (APNR) ecological panel (after the annual game census) and reviewed and then endorsed by SANParks and LEDET biodiversity. The off-take recommendation includes species such as elephant, buffalo, impala, waterbuck, kudu etc. Some BNR regions hunt commercially while some others merely take their ecological quota such as impala and kudu.  \nI will deal with the incident first and then the appropriate protocols that are in place for sustainable resource use in the Open System. I will include certain items directly from the hunting report received from the Reserve Representative in charge of the hunt.  \n1. Summary of the incident  \n- At 11:15 a suitable elephant bull as prescribed by the Greater Kruger Hunting Protocol, and per the permit issued by LEDET, was identified by the hunting party. The party consisted of the client, the professional hunter (PH), the reserve representative (RR) anda backup.  \n- The client took the shot and immediately the RR could see that the placement was off. As is required by the protocol, the RR and PH immediately fired subsequent shots to bring the elephant down. These shots were not effective in bringing the elephant down.  \n- The elephant was followed on foot and when RR determined that it was heading toward the Grietjie region, and a helicopter was dispatched to assit. The deputy head warden arrived with the chopper and the search commenced.  \n- The elephant was located inside the neighboring Grietjie region. The elephant was driven back to Maseke where it was dispatched as per the regulations of the protocol.  \n- Grietjie landowners near the incident phoned Grietjie Security Manager Jason Nel who communicated reports of the incident real-time to Grietjie Management and provided a response via WhatsApp Grietje owners group.  \n- Maseke were within their rights to hunt on any area of their property as long as it is safe to do so. They border numerous non-hunting regions, and the shots will often be audible for areas that do not hunt. Their property is long and narrow. The suggestion that they should not do it near to our borders is not practical, as that could then exclude most of their property as none of their neighbours are hunting regions. This could impact the correct selection of the elephant within the terms of the permit and protocol.  \n- Specific Grietje landowners near the incident continued to post on WhatsApp after speaking via phone with Grietjie Security and receiving responses from Grietjie management on WhatsApp owners’ group.  \n- An apology was received from the Maseke Reserve Representative on the same day for the disruption caused to our landowners and residents.  \n2. 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