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Authors
Presotto, Andrea
Karidozo, Malvern
Suscke, Priscila
Ciattei, Christian
Langbauer, William
Madden, Marguerite
Krach, Noah
Fayrer-Hosken, Richard
Byrne, Richard
Osborn, Ferrell
Izar, Patrícia
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Elephant Crisis Fund
National Science Foundation (1820971)
Connected Conservation Trust
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (10/51252‐1)
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (10/51455‐0)
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Article History
Received: 20 January 2025
Accepted: 3 June 2026
First Online: 6 June 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management (ZimParks), under the Zimbabwe Government and the Victoria Falls Trust, was responsible for collaring the elephants (capture and collar deployment Appendix S1). This study used geographic coordinate data obtained from the collars. The supplemental information includes details on the protocols followed by Zimbabwean authorities to deploy the collars. Permits to carry out research in parks were granted under the state permit number 23(1)(C)(II)18/2018 and ZimParks permit number 358–362/2017.
: The datasets generated and analyzed during the current study are available in the Dataverse project repository . The raw data are available upon reasonable request.
: This manuscript involves science and scientists from two underrepresented countries in two continents, Brazil (South America) and Zimbabwe (Africa). The leading authors, Andrea Presotto and Patrícia Izar, are two women in science natives of Brazil who conduct research there. Zimbabwe is represented by one author, Malvern Karidozo. Malvern Karidozo is an important local leader in elephant conservation in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. He worked with ZimParks on collaring elephants and facilitated the connection between the researchers and local authorities for permits.
