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Malawi moving 250 elephants from overcrowded park to larger one

July 17, 2022788 Views

A tranquilized baby elephant is hoisted into the air and gently placed in a large truck that will take it to a new home. One by one, 250 elephants are being moved from Malawi’s overcrowded Liwonde National Park to the much larger Kasungu park 380 kilometers (236 miles) away in the country’s north. The elephants are tracked in the park and darts are fired to sedate them. While in slumber they are moved into the large trucks that take them to Kusungu park. An elephant is hoisted into a transport vehicle at the Liwonde National Park southern Malawi, Sunday, July 10 2022. (AP Photo/Thoko Chikondi) So far at least 40 elephants have been moved and the rest should go by the end of the month at a total cost of about $1.5 million to $2 million, according to officials. In addition, abou...

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Park rangers enter fray in West Africa’s battle with militants

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April 26, 2022557 Views

When a dozen suspected Islamist militants from a neighbouring country were spotted riding motorcycles through the W National Park in northern Benin armed with AK-47 assault rifles, park rangers snapped into action. From an operations room at their base, the park director and two senior ranger officers sent anti-poaching units to pursue the men who eventually fled into Nigeria, according to a confidential incident report reviewed by Reuters. They also directed Benin's army and police where to position their forces and deployed an airplane and helicopter belonging to the park as part of a broader operation to surveil and "neutralise" the target, the undated park report said. General view of Pendjari National Park in northern Benin. Marcus Westberg-African Parks/Handout via REUTERS ...