I looked into the save file, and it looks like at least some of the departed animals stay in the save record.
I had a herd of wild elephant that came in as manhunters. I downed them without killing them, and they had been hanging around my map since. When they left in winter, I was hoping that they'd come back again in spring. But so far still no elephants in sight...
I should add that I'm playing in a temperate forest map -- not the natural habitat of elephants.
I had a herd of wild elephant that came in as manhunters. I downed them without killing them, and they had been hanging around my map since. When they left in winter, I was hoping that they'd come back again in spring. But so far still no elephants in sight...
I should add that I'm playing in a temperate forest map -- not the natural habitat of elephants.