As human development has closed the ancient migratory paths African wildlife used to follow to seek fresh grazing and water, the manual relocation of wildlife has replaced natural migration. A seasonal operation that takes place when animals are under least stress, predators, antelope and even elephant are captured and moved for commercial or scientific reasons.
Adrian Bailey & Robyn Keene-Young document one of the largest such operations in recent times – the relocation of over 5 000 head of game from South Africa’s famous Kruger National Park to neighbouring Mozambique’s newly promulgated Parque Nacional do Limpopo. The operation was one step in establishing a seed population for the newly formed Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park – one of the region’s so-called Peace Parks that straddle national boundaries.
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