Monday June 8, 2009, 5:46 pm
Efforts are under way to end a deadly battle between farmers and elephants in a rural area of Malawi.

An international organization says it is doing that by moving more than 60 elephants in the southern African country. They are being taken from Phirilongwe village, south of Lake Malawi, to the Majete Wildlife Reserve.

Jason Bell-Leask, a director for the International Fund for Animal Welfare, said the evacuation began Monday with nine elephants, including three young calves, that were tranquilized and lifted by a crane onto trucks for the six-hour journey to the reserve.

Local farmers sometimes use violence to protect their crops from raids by the elephants, and at least 10 people and a number of elephants have recently died in such confrontations.

The relocation of the dozens of elephants is expected to take about three weeks.

Monday June 8, 2009, 5:47 pm
Thank you Patrick. Wonderful they are getting rescued.

Monday June 8, 2009, 5:57 pm



Thnx Patrick hun!!

Monday June 8, 2009, 6:02 pm
It would be even better news if they would have left the elephants there, then tranked and moved the farmers, LOL.

Monday June 8, 2009, 6:28 pm
Agree totally lol After all the humans are intruding on the elephants territory not the other way around.