Tanzania takes historic step to save dwindling elephant population

Photos: Protecting elephants in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania
Tanzania's elephants – GPS collars are fitted to elephants in the Mikumi National Park, which is opposite to Selous Game Reserve, where they can move freely between.
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Photos: Protecting elephants in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania
Tanzania's elephants – The collaring team attaches a GPS collar to an immobilized elephant.
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Photos: Protecting elephants in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania
Tanzania's elephants – A vet extracts blood from an immobilized elephant for DNA analysis during the collaring process.
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Photos: Protecting elephants in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania
Tanzania's elephants – An elephant herd in Mikumi National Park, Tanzania.
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Photos: Protecting elephants in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania
Tanzania's elephants – A village Game Scout (pointing) carries the GPS collar to be fitted to the elephant and the vet to the right carried the loaded darting rifle.
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Photos: Protecting elephants in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania
Tanzania's elephants – The elephant collaring team tracks an elephant on village land next to Mikumi National Park, Tanzania.
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Tanzania's elephants – The elephant collaring ground team drive to another elephant herd along a dirt road in Mikumi National Park, Tanzania.
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Tanzania's elephants – The landscape in Mikumi National Park, Tanzania.
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Tanzania's elephants – A vet darts an elephant form a vehicle.
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Photos: Protecting elephants in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania
Tanzania's elephants – The spectacular landscape of Tanzania.