Zimbabwe Prepares Massive Elephant Rescue as Drought Worsens

  • Lions and giraffes will also be transferred from southeast
  • Country has the most elephants in the region after Botswana
An African elephant walks in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe.

Photographer: Martin Bureau/AFP via Getty Images

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Zimbabwean wildlife authorities will relocate as many as 600 elephants and other game from the drought-stricken south of the country in one of the biggest rescue operations to date.