JOHANNESBURG: A Malawi court has dismissed a legal challenge to the relocation of more than 60 elephants from a rural area where they were
getting into deadly battles with villagers.
A court last week temporarily halted the relocation after a local organization objected that the removal would interfere with tourism efforts.
Nine elephants had been moved from the Phirilongwe village area to the Majete Wildlife Reserve.
Christina Pretorius of the International Fund for Animal Welfare said nine elephants including one baby were relocated Thursday.
The court order was overturned Wednesday, she said. Local farmers are often forced to use violence to protect fields from raids by elephants. At least 10 people and a number of elephants have died in such confrontations.
Thursday, 18 June 2009
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