Namibia's wild elephants are being rounded up for international sale

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Forty-two wild elephants in Namibia have been sold to international bidders—but where they’re going has not been disclosed
Namibia’s wild elephants are being rounded up for international sale
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Namibia’s wild elephants are being rounded up for international sale
The government hasn’t said where the elephants will go.
6:08 PM · Feb 15, 2022

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Namibia is in the process of capturing 57 wild elephants sold last year at auction, according to a statement today from the country’s Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism.

To the consternation of environmental groups and elephant advocates, Namibia had announced in December 2020 that it would auction off 170 of its elephants to reduce populations that were increasingly clashing with humans. It says it has an estimated 24,000 elephants.

Last August, the ministry published its first—and until today, only—public information on the matter. It said 57 elephants, which it had yet to round up from the wild, had been “successfully sold” to three bidders. Fifteen would remain in Namibia and 42 would be exported.

Thirty-seven elephants have already been captured, today’s statement says, including 22 for export. It said nothing about where the elephants will go, other than that it won’t be China.

The government of Namibia “can’t give [destination] details at this stage until the entire process is completed,” says Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism spokesperson Romeo Muyunda. “This is a clause in the sales agreement that we signed with the bidders.”

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This sounds shady AF.

[SunSeeker]

1. K & R for exposure.

[WarGamer]

2. Hopefully NOT to the "canned hunt" facilities...

[Raine]

3. This is awful ... Thank you for bringing it to our attention. nt

[bahboo]

4. highly intelligent and social animals....goddamn it....

[Duppers]

5. YES! What you said.