AR-News: (Africa) Gorongosa Park to Receive 500 Elephants

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allAfrica.com  
June 28, 2004 
Posted  to the web June 28, 2004  
Maputo  
The Gorongosa National Park, in the central Mozambican  province of Sofala, 
is to receive 500 elephants from Botswana, during the second  half of this 
year, as part of its restocking programme, reports Monday's issue  of the Maputo 
daily "Noticias". 
The animals are to be transported by road from Botswana. 
Afonso Madope, national director for conservation areas, in  the Tourism 
Ministry, told reporters that the programme is dependent on the  outcome of 
negotiations with donors because the Mozambican government does not  have the 
necessary money. All the work, including identifying the animals,  anaesthetising 
them, and transporting them a distance of about 1,800 kilometres,  will cost at 
least 2,000 US dollars per animal. 
Madope said that the parties involved are working to have  those animals 
transported to Gorongosa during this winter. 
To study the future habitat for his country's elephants, a  Botswana wild 
life technician visited Gorongosa late April.
 
 
full  story:
_http://allafrica.com/stories/200406280957.html_ 
(http://allafrica.com/stories/200406280957.html)  
 
 
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