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  • Kenya Begins Massive Elephant Relocation Project

    08/27/2005 6:14:59 AM PDT · by Our_Man_In_Gough_Island · 13 replies · 354+ views
    Voice of America ^ | 26 August 2005 | Raymond Thibodeaux
    Once in danger of being wiped out by poachers, elephants have overrun a Kenyan coastal preserve. They've raided nearby farms and even attacked villagers, forcing wildlife authorities there to move about 400 of them to a bigger game park farther inland in Africa's largest-ever elephant relocation. A family of five elephants was the first to be relocated Friday from the coastal Shimba Hills National Reserve to the much larger Tsavo East park about 150 kilometers farther inland. About 400 more pachyderms will be sent packing by Kenyan wildlife rangers. Kenyan wildlife officials say it's the world's largest-ever elephant relocation. About...