Climate emergency: 2500 animals from Zimbabwe have been transferred to the north

Past 2500 wild animals of the Zimbabwe they were forced, as a result of the severe drought that hit the country, to go 700 kilometers further north. The operation Rewild Zambezi allowed to carry approximately 400 elephants, 2,000 impala, 70 giraffes, 200 buffalo, antelope, wildebeest and zebra, 10 lions and a herd of 10 wild dogs. Wild animals have found a new home in the parks of Matusadonha, You know And Chizarira.

A total absence of rain has made it uninhabitable Save Valley Conservancy in the south of the country. Rida land and dried-up waterways have made it difficult, if not impossible, for many species to survive in that region. In this period, the lack of water was an even greater danger to animals than poaching.

We have been fighting poaching for years and just as we are winning this war, climate change has emerged as the greatest threat to our wildlife. Many of our parks are becoming overcrowded and there is little water or food. Animals eventually destroy their own habitat, become a danger to themselves and invade nearby human settlements for food, causing incessant conflict.

Tinashe Farawo, spokesperson for the National Park Management Authority.

The elephant population in Zimbabwe is too large. The maximum camp provided for the country’s parks is 45,000 when in reality they are hosted around 100,000.