Incredible work to save sea turtles

Sea turtles are fascinating marine creatures that spend most of their lives in the ocean, coming ashore…

Elephant translocation in action

Lésa van Rooyen, the Communications Coordinator for Peace Parks Foundation, welcomes us to Elephant Week…

Elephant vital to landscapes

Elephant are vitally important in an ecosystem. They transport hundreds of tree seeds via their dung when they migrate which…

Things you never knew about elephants

Dr João Almeida is a wildlife veterinarian working in Mozambique. He talks about the incredible work he has been doing…

Lots of logistics and a huge to-do list!

The first critical step for such an operation is to get agreements from various authorities for both the removal of the elephants and…

It is all in the detail

There is a very important drugs component to any translocation. Different sized elephants require different…

Translocation helps elephant

Often elephant are the unintended victims of snares. One advantage of translocating elephant to well-managed …

Success down to planning

It takes a lot of manpower to plan and execute a successful translocation. It is especially complicated as often Peace Parks…

Just how do you move elephants?

The day before the elephants are located, the transport trucks start to mobilise. The trucks are huge with specially…