Zim conservationists in race to remove snare from young elephant’s leg
Eyewitness News
September 21, 2021
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HARARE: Conservationists near Zimbabwe’s Lake Kariba are in a race against
time to rescue a young elephant with a snare around the top of its leg. A
helicopter will be used to chase the other members of its herd away from
the elephant once it has been tranquilised so that wildlife vets can remove
the snare.
This will be a dangerous but necessary operation.
The elephant, thought to be around five-years-old, was first spotted last
week trailing a wire snare that is constricting the top of its left leg.
The Kariba Animal Welfare Fund Trust said that the elephant kept standing
on the trailing end, causing the wire to become tighter. Amazingly, the
injured elephant was at one point seen carrying the loose end of the snare
in its mouth.
The rescue operation is set to take place in the next day or two, once its
small herd of four is located near Kariba Town, where conservationists work
constantly to rid the area of poachers’ snares.
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