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Orphan elephants in Zimbabwe one step closer to release in protected wilderness
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HARARE, Zimbabwe, May 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Six orphaned elephant calves moved 900 kilometers closer to freedom this week translocated from the capital of Harare to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. These calves will now start the second phase of their lives learning to be sufficiently independent to eventually live as wild elephants, said Roxy Danckwerts, CEO and Founder of Wild is Life (WIL).
After arriving in the dark and being offloaded into an enclosure at the IFAW-Zimbabwe Elephant Nursery (ZEN) Project soft release facility at Panda Masuie Forest Reserve, the calves were introduced at sunrise to the resident rescue herd of nine elephants.