‘This was his happy place’ – parents of field guide gored by an elephant at Limpopo private lodge open up

He couldn't understand why his son wasn’t answering his phone. They’d scheduled a 9.30am video call so it was strange that he wasn’t responding.

Maybe something had come up at the private lodge in Limpopo where Sheldon Hooper worked as a field guide, his dad, Gordon, decided.

Still, he had an uneasy feeling and so he dialled his son’s number again.