|
 |
 | | | | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | You are in: Sci/Tech | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | | Friday, 5 October, 2001, 11:08 GMT 12:08 UK World's biggest elephant move starts  The electric fences are being taken down Former South African leader Nelson Mandela has marked the first step towards the creation of the world's largest nature reserve by welcoming a group of seven elephants into Mozambique. In all, 1,000 elephants are being moved from South Africa in the world's biggest elephant relocation programme. Scientists working in South Africa's Kruger National Park say its 9,000 elephants are all it can take.
The elephants are tranquillised before being loaded by cranes into trucks and taken across the border. It is the biggest transfer of wildlife since thousands of animals were moved to make way for Zimbabwe's Kariba dam in the 1960s. The Kruger park borders Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Border fences are being dismantled to restore traditional seasonal migration routes for wild animals across what will be the Gaza/Kruger/Gonarezhou Transfrontier Conservation Area. It is hoped that this may help to create healthier breeding groups as well as attracting more tourists to the region. The new park will cover nearly 100,000 square kilometers  | |
See also:  Internet links: The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites Top Sci/Tech stories now:  Links to more Sci/Tech stories are at the foot of the page. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Links to more Sci/Tech stories |
 | | ^^ Back to top News Front Page | World | UK | UK Politics | Business | Sci/Tech | Health | Education | Entertainment | Talking Point | In Depth | AudioVideo ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To BBC Sport>> | To BBC Weather>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © MMIII|News Sources|Privacy  |
E-mail this story to a friend