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Elephant Back Safari in Zimbabwe
Posted by Victor Mozgin on Tuesday, November 30 @ 00:00:00 CST
Contributed by Victor Mozgin
I've got another video from my Southern Africa trip. This time, it is all abou elephants. These magnificent animals, unfortunately, are not immune to effects of human expansion. Just as many other species, they become victims of poachers, they become displaced from their natural habitats. There was even a trend in keeping young elephants as pets on farms in Africa, only to abandon them when they grow too big to handle.
But there are people who are very dedicated to protection of wildlife such as elephants. Wild Horizons Trust runs a Wildlife Sanctuary and Orphanage in Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe), where abandoned and injured elephants are cared for. There are no fences, and most of the time elephants roam on their own. This is a safe haven for animals that are not able to be a part of wild herd; and if an elephant is able to re-integrate and desires to move on, then it is released completely.
In order to raise money for operation of the Sanctuary, Wild Horizons organizes so-called "Elephant Back Safaris" - you can ride an elephant for a walk around Victoria Falls National Park, with amazing views on gorges of Zambezi river. I've done that, and here are videos from the complementary DVD:
This is an intro (DVD menu), with views around Victoria Falls:
This is a video that describes Conservation and Education program of Wild Horizons:
Part 1:
Part 2:
And this is the video of the Elephant Back Safari; I am in this video, as well as my teammates Madeleine and Michaela (and a whole bunch of random people):
Part 1:
Part 2:
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Elephant Back Safari in Zimbabwe
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