Title
Feasibility report for the re-introduction of African elephants to Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda
Author(s)
Julian Easton
Published
2009
Abstract
This report has been carried-out as a first step towards assessing the feasibility of re-introducing the African elephant to Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda. This report brings together a large amount of information and expert opinion that needs to be considered when re-introducing elephants to Nyungwe NP. It is stressed that elephant translocations are costly undertakings running into hundreds of thousands of dollars and are dangerous exercises for both the animals and staff involved. The translocations will have strong socio-political implications and these will be felt most by rural communities living next to Nyungwe NP.

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