British media publicizes they’re sending elephants to Kenya for ‘rewilding’, Kenya govt says they don’t know

Great Britain’s highest circulated tabloid Daily Mail on July 6 printed an article claiming the charity run by spouse of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Carrie, will fly a herd of elephants from Kent wildlife park to Kenya in a ‘rewilding’ undertaking. The report was based mostly on The Aspinall Foundation announcement whereby they stated that 13 elephants weighing over 25 tonnes shall be flown over 4,000 miles on a Boeing 747 to a secret location in Kenya for a conservation motion.
The herd of elephants was to incorporate three calves and a 34-year-old matriarch, which presently dwell on an eight-acre enclosure at Howletts Wild Animal Park, close to Canterbury, in Kent. They had been to spend six months being noticed by conservationists earlier than they’re launched again into the wild to roam free. The story initially appeared in The Guardian which quoted Damian Aspinall who stated that the undertaking will assist restore iconic species into its ancestral homeland.
However, the Ministry of Tourism in Kenya has refuted these claims of ‘rewilding’ elephants.
https://t.co/qZRhFvh1vg pic.twitter.com/XI8602tNIb— Ministry of Tourism & Wildlife-Kenya (@Min_TourismKE) July 7, 2021
In an announcement issued, Kenya’s Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife refuted such claims of ‘rewilding’ elephants and stated that neither the ministry nor the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) have been contacted or consulted on this regard. They stated that relocating and rehabilitation of an animal from a zoo just isn’t straightforward and is an costly affair.