时间:2025-04-26 13:26:31 来源:网络整理编辑:知識
The largest elephant relocation effort in history has finally come to a successful end. A total of 5
The largest elephant relocation effort in history has finally come to a successful end.
A total of 520 elephants were taken from two separate conservation spaces -- Liwonde National Park and Majete Wildlife Reserve -- and moved more than 200 miles to their new home in Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve.
SEE ALSO:Intense video shows elephant stranded at sea being saved by rescuersVeterinarians and conservationists from African Parks, a non-governmental and non-profit organization that manages parks and protected areas, carried out the massive translocation in the span of two years.
African Parks announced the completion of the effort on Twitter on Aug. 2
We have successfully completed one of the world’s largest elephant translocations #WelcometheHerd #500Elephants https://t.co/lhaQZ2H3qI pic.twitter.com/GXyFOiEng0
— African Parks (@AfricanParks) August 2, 2017
The relocation involved capturing and sedating all the elephants one by one, with sedation being a crucial step in relocating the six-ton pachyderms.
The tranquilizers are made of a synthetic opioid that's 10,000 times more potent than morphine. One drop of it could kill a human within seconds. Conservationists managed to tranquilize the elephants from helicopters and then used cranes to move the elephants onto trucks.
SEE ALSO:Once again, here's why people should think twice about riding elephantsBeing social animals, it was vital that close family groups were moved together. This helped to reduce the elephants' stress and increased the chance of them successfully adapting to their new environment.
Kaddu Sebunya, African Wildlife Foundation president, thanked African Parks for the completion of the effort.
Thank you @AfricanParks for telling a heroic African conservation story to the world. #500elephants. We applaud you. https://t.co/Pvm2GJQr9S pic.twitter.com/r7GZ0K1mOW
— Kaddu Sebunya (@AWFPresident) August 3, 2017
Overcrowding in their former reserves -- as elephant populations have grown and civilization has crept closer and closer -- has led to intensifying conflicts with humans. Conservationists hope that the new home will give the elephants more space and improved safety.
Many of the transported elephants had been victims of violence, a fact evidenced by bullet-shaped holes in their ears.
According to National Geographic, African Parks officials hope Nkhotakota will become one of Malawi’s leading elephant wildlife reserves and help improve the region’s employment and tourism opportunities.
As for the elephants themselves, the newly transplanted gentle giants creates a more even distribution of their population across both their original homes and their new one, creating a safer environment for growth.
TopicsActivismAnimals
Donald Trump's tangled web of Russian influence2025-04-26 12:47
記者 :李霄鵬不是自己主動想接國足 隻能說他運氣太差2025-04-26 12:45
世界杯32強已有15隊出爐 韓國提前2輪進軍卡塔爾2025-04-26 12:37
斯洛文尼亞國腳親承收中國球隊邀約 :幾小時內決定未來2025-04-26 12:31
Xiaomi accused of copying again, this time by Jawbone2025-04-26 12:24
梅西演砸巴黎10號首秀!全場僅2射 還不如在巴薩2025-04-26 12:23
蘭帕德同意成為埃弗頓新帥 周一將官宣簽約兩年半2025-04-26 12:14
離譜!南美世預賽兩裁判忘帶邊旗 用背心DIY遭禁賽2025-04-26 11:39
Singapore rolls out video2025-04-26 11:37
拉莫斯又傷了!或無緣對皇馬 巴黎生涯僅出戰5場2025-04-26 10:55
Early Apple2025-04-26 12:59
韓喬生:中國女足穩進四強 但對陣日本和澳大利亞還是差一些2025-04-26 12:48
熱議中越之戰:居然丟的是頭球 !踢得就跟鬧著玩似的2025-04-26 12:34
官方 :尤文引進瑞士國腳中場 450萬歐分期3年支付2025-04-26 12:24
Major earthquake and multiple aftershocks rock central Italy2025-04-26 12:22
越南VS國足首發 :三歸化先發 戴偉浚徐新出戰2025-04-26 12:06
卡薩諾:尤文8160萬買鋒霸也沒用 踢法保守難爭四2025-04-26 11:44
曝庫盧即將租借加盟熱刺 若買斷總費用約4500萬歐2025-04-26 11:16
Man stumbles upon his phone background in real life2025-04-26 11:14
奇恥大辱 !國足多個話題登熱搜TOP10 這次還是對不起嗎 ?2025-04-26 10:43