Zimbabwe relocates 2 500 animals during harsh drought
Authorities in Zimbabwe have been moving 2 500 wild animals from a reserve in the south of the country to the north, in an extensive effort to rescue wildlife from a drought where climate change is said to replace poaching as the biggest threat to wildlife in the country.
“Project Rewild Zambezi” is a plan to move Zimbabwe’s animals to an area in the Zambezi River valley to rebuild its wildlife populations there. Further downstream the Zambezi, the is another major wildlife translocation to rewild Mozambique’s Marromeu National Reserve in the Zambezi Delta region.
Buffaloes are especially threatened by below-average rainfall, with authorities saying that the drought is threatening the country’s rhinos, giraffes and antelopes.
Rangers are transporting animals more than 700 km to their new homes, one of them being Sapi Reserve near Mana Pools National Park – a UNESCO World Heritage Site – along the Zambezi River.
Source: Getaway