A crucial next step is to ensure we successfully rehabilitate all orphaned elephants under our care, getting them fit to return to the wild. To achieve this, we have secured a huge tract of land called Panda Masuie Forest near to Victoria Falls, and have built a state-of-the-art, purpose built-facility deep in the bush. Panda Masuie is strategically located within a critical wildlife corridor, enabling rewilding to occur in a safe zone free of hunters. This stage of the work is lengthy, as the rescued elephants adapt to the bush and prepare to eventually return to life in the wild. All efforts are made by the team to give the elephants maximum exposure to the environment as well as to enable them to interact with wild elephant herds prior to their release, a crucial part of the process.
Achievements
19 Elephants Undergoing Rewilding
9 Elephants Permanently Released to the Wild
Purpose Built Facility in a Vast Wilderness area
12 Specialised Elephant Handlers Employed
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