A tranquillized elephant is winched aboard a recovery vehicle as rescuers evacuate elephants persecuted in human-elephant conflict in Malawi. (Ho, IFA Wm, AP)
Johannesburg - Efforts are under way to end a deadly battle between farmers and elephants in a rural area of Malawi.
An international organization says it is doing that by moving more than 60 elephants in the southern African country. They are being taken from Phirilongwe village, south of Lake Malawi, to the Majete Wildlife Reserve.
Jason Bell-Leask, a director for the International Fund for Animal Welfare, said the evacuation began on Monday with nine elephants, including three young calves, that were tranquilized and lifted by a crane onto trucks for the six-hour journey to the reserve.
Local farmers sometimes use violence to protect their crops from raids by the elephants, and at least 10 people and a number of elephants have recently died in such confrontations.
The relocation of the dozens of elephants is expected to take about three weeks.
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Is this relocating a live elephant???
Radar,
Yes. As it was not an elephant "member of the family" and more of a desperate situation, they did away with the mayor saying goodbye and the city counsel from the destination laying a red carpet for them. Not much need, or time for pomp and circumstance publicity BS with first class seating on some airline at a time like this. I assume they were laid on flat bed's and transported to the destination before they revived.
www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/malawi-elephants009.html
Wade
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