WORLD ELEPHANT DAY 2021

12th August 2021

NAMIBIAN MINISTRY UPDATE ON THE ELEPHANT AUCTION

On World Elephant Day 2021 Members of the Pro Elephant Network have sent a letter to the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism with regard to the communication circulated and dated 11th August 2021.

PREN members asked if the Ministry could confirm the following:

  1. If the forty-two elephants that are to be captured and sold internationally are for in situ conservation purposes only?
  2. What the final destinations of the forty-two elephants selected for exportation are?
  3. If any of the fifty-seven elephants will be going in to captivity?

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