Features transporting elephants: 13 curious shots

An extremely unusual operation took place this month in the Republic of Malawi (East Africa). From the side, everything that happened looked rather creepy: six small and adult elephants were lying on the banks of the local river, and people were loading their motionless bodies suspended by legs with a crane. Thus began anthropogenic migration, which is one of the ways to save wild animals from extinction.

This large-scale project involves the transport of 500 elephants. Previously, the giants were euthanized with the help of tranquilizers.

Malawi is one of the most populous states in Africa. People are taking away ever new lands from nature, crowding out animals, reducing their habitat. That is why now, as an strategy for preserving the wildlife of the continent, such an option as technogenic migration of species is increasingly being considered.

In fact, this is the usual transportation of animals to a safer place. In order to transport elephants, tranquilizers were used for euthanasia, cranes for loading and helicopters and trucks already directly for transportation.

However, it happened that people had to load elephants into the truck manually.

To protect the eyes of sleeping elephants from bright sunlight, they covered their ears. Fortunately, they are huge.

When transporting large multi-ton individuals, a crane simply cannot be dispensed with.

People accompany animals on their journey to a safer place where there are no ivory hunters. The road ahead is considerable - 300 kilometers ahead.

Elephants are immersed in the road train - you can go.

Each elephant is measured and assigned a specific number.

Adult elephants are loaded into a truck with a crane, to which an animal tied up by its legs is hung upside down. This is the safest way of loading this kind.

People clearly control the whole process.

A road train with people and sleeping animals hit the road.

This was the beginning of a large-scale operation to save the lives of 500 elephants in danger.

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