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Zimbabwe NGO Sues Government Over Alleged Planned Export of Elephants

Posted on 07/15/2021

A Zimbabwean environmental group is suing the government over purported plans to export elephants to China, which the group says has subjected the animals to unhealthful conditions.

In an application to Zimbabwe’s High Court, Advocates4Earth is seeking to prevent the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority from carrying out the transfer.

Lenin Tinashe Chisaira, head of the environmental group, said, “Basically, we are applying for a declaratory order that the Zimbabwe government and its agencies should respect international conventions, especially the resolutions that African elephants, African wildlife, should not be exported to destinations that are not appropriate for these species that are not natural or historic range. 

“We strongly feel that there is a desire by some agencies of the government to violate those agreements by exporting some of our species to countries such as China, without abiding by the existing legal framework.”

The court application also cites the country’s environment minister, Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu, in the lawsuit.

Zimbabwe’s elephant population has grown in recent years, climbing to 100,000. Some farmers have complained that the elephants are destroying their crops and grazing lands.

However, the Zimbabwe Wildlife Authority denies it is in the process of exporting elephants to China.

‘Saying a lot of negatives’

Tinashe Farawo, the authority’s spokesperson, said of the environmentalists, “These are people trying to seek relevance. In President [Emmerson] Mnangagwa’s address, he put those people on notice. They are people who are bent on saying a lot of negatives. And they must prove that this is what we are doing. …  Fact remains: We are not capturing any elephants for export. Nothing of that sort is happening. They must bring the evidence.”

In the past, Zimbabwe has exported elephants to other countries despite objections from animal rights and environmental groups such as Advocates4Earth.

On Thursday, officials at the Chinese Embassy in Harare refused to comment, saying they were not cited in the court papers.
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