The Ministry of Tourism has rubbished reports circulating across social media that it is collaborating with the United Kingdom’s Kent Wildlife Park to relocated 13 jumbos to Kenya. On Wednesday, the Kenyan government said that the relocation and rehabilitation of an animal from a zoo are not easy and will be an expensive affair. “The Ministry wants to state that neither they nor the Kenya Wildlife Service KWS has been contacted nor consulted on this matter,” the statement read. Carrie added that the elephants could be living in better conditions still after being relocated. She also wrote that Kenya was a favourable country for the elephants with 56 years life span of elephants in Kenyan parks compared to17 years median life span of a captive elephant.

Source: The Star July 07, 2021 14:48 UTC