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Namibia Game Reserve Relocates 7 Elephants to Angola

Namibia Game Reserve Relocates 7 Elephants to Angola

Windhoek, Namibia — Seven elephants from Namibia are adjusting to a new home across the border in Angola after conservationists said the animals needed a new habitat to survive.

The Cuatir Nature Reserve in southeastern Angola was known for its bustling elephant population during colonial times, but the 27-year war between Angola’s government and UNITA rebels, which ended in 2002, led to every elephant in the reserve being killed.

“[E]lephants were taken out completely due to their value for…

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