Reasons for overpopulation at Majete National Park

• strict enforcement of anti-poaching laws

• successful breeding

Problems caused by elephant overpopulation

• greater competition, causing hunger for elephants

• damage to

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  fences
   in the park

The translocation process

• a suitable group of elephants from the same

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  family
   was selected

• vets and park staff made use of

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  helicopters
   something to help guide the elephants into an open plain

• elephants were immobilised with tranquilisers

- this process had to be completed quickly to reduce

- elephants had to be turned on their

- elephants'

- tracking devices were fitted to the matriarchs

- data including the size of their tusks and

• elephants were taken by truck to their new reserve

Advantages of translocation at Nkhotakota Wildlife Park

• 

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  employment
   opportunities

• a reduction in the number of poachers and

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  weapons
  

• an example of conservation that other parks can follow

• an increase in

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  tourism
   as a contributor to GDP