ZIM Government's export of elephants : best decision yet.

Its 2am in the morning the very ungodly and supposedly peaceful hour in Jimila, a small village in Tsholotsho, instead of hearing the singings of the bullfrogs and rain insects, the sound of reverberating drums and whistles grips you.

Large smokes of fire and the sounds of fear move from your reality and bring you to the real ''reality''. 

These are the noises villagers are using to drive away a large intruder no man can fight off. 

The largest land animal has invaded their space with its long trunk that can sweep a man off the ground and literally throw him 30 meters away, hard hitting i might add. Its large round feet that can smoother you like a blender does to a chunk of meat.

elephant peeking from youtube.com

People, this a reality others face quite often in the region of Matabeleland every time during this part of the year.

There is just an overpopulation of elephants such that they have started robbing our children of their sleep by making yard their playgrounds.

When the government said it was exporting these elephants i was excited and thought everyone would join in the fun with us but no, someone has the audacity to say the government is being  cruel. I mean like seriously?

People should stop just criticizing only because they can especially if they do not know the facts on the ground.

After all  the move to export up to 60 elephants to countries that include China, France and United Arab Emirates is meant to raise money for conservation purposes. These animal welfare groups, who say the plan is cruel should think again.

As a kid who grew up visiting Tsholotsho seeing the Jumbos break through the fences of our home field i really support the idea of exporting these big animals after all this is better than culling.

mess after elephants lay on crops

At least the government stood by its decision when interviewed Environment Minister Savior Kasukuwere during a tour of Hwange National Park in western Zimbabwe said that, at 53,000, the elephant population was twice the park's carrying capacity.

"We are between a rock and hard place but we have chosen to be decisive. We have a situation where Hwange has more animals than it can carry, what do you want us to do," Kasukuwere said.

 
He said although the government was being criticised by conservationists, Zimbabwe was allowed to export elephants as long as it met requirements set by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.

Kasukuwere said the restrictions introduced by the United States last year had reduced hunting  profits which was critical in the conservation of animals.  

at the watering hole by inhabitant.com

With a reduced population of elephants we are now rest assured that our environment will stay green with no over browsing. And best of all people are gonna have a peace of mind in their sleep.