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A family of 27 elephants will be moved Monday to an isolated part of Addo Elephant National Park, in an area where animals were hunted to extinction.
The move is to keep elephants safe as poaching for ivory
The Addo Elephant National Park is located near Port Elizabeth and is the third largest wildlife reserve in the world. South Africa
Elephants currently live in an occupied part of the park accessible by railways and new roads.
The movement is organized by SA National Parks and the charity Network for Animals (NFA).
"It's a proud moment for South Africa," said David Barritt, director of the NFA campaign. "At a time when the United Nations estimates that 100 poachers are being killed in Africa every day by poachers, we are doing something that should guarantee the safety of elephants in the wild."
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