Guest post by kestrel
Seventy elephants in a large herd consisting of adults and babies in Malawi will be shot due to human-elephant conflict unless funds can be raised to move them to a wildlife reserve.
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is working to raise the funds to relocate the herd to Majete Wildlife Reserve, a protected park, one hundred miles away. The Malawi Department of Parks and Wildlife is partnering with IFAW on the project but there is very little time.
If the elephants are not moved by June 5th, they will be shot.
Please read the full story from IFAW and to donate whatever amount you can.
“This is your once-in-a-lifetime chance to save an entire herd of elephants from being gunned down.”
Filed under: animal rights, endangered species, wildlife conservation Tagged: | elephant slaughter, habitat loss, human-wildlife conflict, Majete Wildlife Reserve, Malawi
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