Zimbabwe | Government nets over US$3M selling baby elephants to China, UAE; proceeds funded parks

Dave Harmon, PW editor
Nov 5, 2019
1 min read

THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) raked in over US$3,2 million in the sale of 101 baby elephants to China and the United Arab Emirates between 2016 and this year.

The proceeds have reportedly gone into the capacitation of ZimParks, where it reportedly bought equipment for conservation activities.

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