The Much Maligned Elephant

have come! The woman is okay but very badly shaken. Where’s your rifle?” greeted me as I entered a well-known game reserve camp in Zululand. Although in field uniform, I was not a ranger but had come to inspect, lecture and carry out legal compliance training with staff. I was, however, a hunter of some fifty years standing and an ex-ranger of sorts. “What happened?” I enquired. “A camp cleaning lady has been attacked by an elephant while walking between the tents.