December 18, 2020
Batoka released back into the wild. Photo: GRI-IFAW
A very emaciated elephant calf was spotted alone on an island in Zambia’s Zambezi River, which is near Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park (home to the incredible Victoria Falls). Micro-flight pilots from “Batoka Sky” had discovered the young calf and proceeded to alert teams from Zambia’s Department of National Parks and Wildlife and IFAW partner, Game Rangers International (GRI).
With tremendous support from the local community and
Batoka Sky, the calf, who was estimate to be 1.5 years old, was darted by helicopter and captured by hand. Once captured safely, the team transferred the calf to the mainland by boat and brought him to an enclosure in the Park where he was stabilized. After a couple of days, the young orphan, named ‘Batoka,’ was strong enough to make the 8-hour drive north to the rescue facility in Kafue National Park (his rescue was prior to the Elephant Orphanage Project nursery facility in
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There are fewer than 6 700 African cheetahs remaining in the wild.
By Pauline Bax, Bloomberg
19 Dec 2020 12:51
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A wetlands reserve in Zambia will become home to its first cheetahs in almost a century after the animals were successfully moved from South Africa.
The reintroduction of cheetahs a group of three males to the Bangweulu Wetlands in northeastern Zambia is meant to help restore the biodiversity of the area, according to a statement from African Parks, a Johannesburg-based not-for-profit that manages reserves on behalf of several nations across the continent.
There are fewer than 6 700 African cheetahs remaining in the wild and protected areas are seen as essential to their survival. The cat species is the fastest land animal in the world.
December 18, 2020
Batoka released back into the wild. Photo: GRI-IFAW
A very emaciated elephant calf was spotted alone on an island in Zambia’s Zambezi River, which is near Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park (home to the incredible Victoria Falls). Micro-flight pilots from “Batoka Sky” had discovered the young calf and proceeded to alert teams from Zambia’s Department of National Parks and Wildlife and IFAW partner, Game Rangers International (GRI).
With tremendous support from the local community and
Batoka Sky, the calf, who was estimate to be 1.5 years old, was darted by helicopter and captured by hand. Once captured safely, the team transferred the calf to the mainland by boat and brought him to an enclosure in the Park where he was stabilized. After a couple of days, the young orphan, named ‘Batoka,’ was strong enough to make the 8-hour drive north to the rescue facility in Kafue National Park (his rescue was prior to the Elephant Orphanage Project nursery facility in
South African Cheetahs Find New Home in Zambia Wetlands Reserve
Dec 18 2020, 10:08 PM
December 18 2020, 9:36 PM
December 18 2020, 10:08 PM
(Bloomberg) A wetlands reserve in Zambia will become home to its first cheetahs in almost a century after the animals were successfully moved from South Africa.
(Bloomberg) A wetlands reserve in Zambia will become home to its first cheetahs in almost a century after the animals were successfully moved from South Africa.
The reintroduction of cheetahs a group of three males to the Bangweulu Wetlands in northeastern Zambia is meant to help restore the biodiversity of the area, according to a statement from African Parks, a Johannesburg-based not-for-profit that manages reserves on behalf of several nations across the continent.
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LUSAKA, Zambia, Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Bangweulu Wetlands in north-eastern Zambia has received a small founding population of cheetahs - the first of their species to return to this unique community-owned, protected wetland in almost a century.
The introduction of an initial three cheetahs from South Africa results from a longstanding partnership between Zambia s Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW), six Community Resource Boards (CRBs) and conservation non-profit African Parks, which has managed Bangweulu Wetlands since 2008. They worked in conjunction with the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) Cheetah Range Expansion Project, which sourced healthy individuals from reserves in South Africa to re-establish a secure population in Bangweulu.