As the wildlife poaching crisis continues to ravage Zimbabwe, the Democratic Republic of Congo has applied to import elephants and other animals from Zimbabwe.
Congo is said to have vast areas of suitable land, according to reports.
The DRC wants to import elephants, kudus, giraffes and antelopes, the country’s ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mwampanga Mwana Nanga, told reporters in the capital, Harare, Wednesday.
Zimbabwe has 84 000 elephants and the country plans to lobby for the lifting of the ban on ivory trade at the CITES meeting to be held in Johannesburg from Sept. 24.-Bloomberg