Wild animal park spans 3 nations African preserve allows return to migration patterns

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: October 5, 2001| Author: Themba Hadebe | Copyright information

GAZA, Mozambique--A herd of elephants nuzzled trunks Thursday and plodded off into what will become an enormous cross-border game reserve--and their new habitat.

The animals were among the first 40 elephants to be transferred into the ambitious wild animal park established between South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

A total of 1,100 elephants will be relocated there over the next three years. The new 7.5 million acre reserve will be known as the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Par...

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