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In early 1996
the National Parks Board of South Africa was considering a cull
(killing) of about 600 elephants in Kruger National Park (KNP). Beyond that there simply is not enough food. WILDCON undertook to buy at least one family of elephants and relocate them to a safe haven hundreds of miles south - well out of harm’s way. Shamwari Game Reserve (a private game reserve near Port Elizabeth and open to the public) agreed to accept the elephants and to care for them. Thus, WILDCON, with the help of generous donors, raised the funds to buy an entire family of elephants, including two suckling babies. The move was accomplished in July, 1996.
They were kept tranquilized during the journey and only woke on short-finals into a bush strip lit by two jeeps. Once re-sedated they were moved into a safe holding pen for the rest of the night before release some days later. Thanks to Wilderness Conservancy, a new cheetah family has been established in a region where the species had died out long ago.
Stabilizing one of the cats after landing
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