MALAWI-TABACCO MARKET SEASON-OPENING

MALAWI-TABACCO MARKET SEASON-OPENING

(240416) -- KASUNGU, April 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 15, 2024 shows bales of tobacco to be auctioned at Chinkhoma Auction Floors in Kasungu district, Malawi. TO GO WITH "Malawi 2024 tobacco market opens on good note" (Photo by Cyprian Ndau/Xinhua)

MALAWI-TABACCO MARKET SEASON-OPENING

MALAWI-TABACCO MARKET SEASON-OPENING

(240416) -- KASUNGU, April 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera and his wife inspect Chinkhoma Auction Floors in Kasungu district, Malawi, April 15, 2024. TO GO WITH "Malawi 2024 tobacco market opens on good note" (Photo by Cyprian Ndau/Xinhua)

MALAWI-TABACCO MARKET SEASON-OPENING

MALAWI-TABACCO MARKET SEASON-OPENING

(240416) -- KASUNGU, April 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 15, 2024 shows bales of tobacco to be auctioned at Chinkhoma Auction Floors in Kasungu district, Malawi. TO GO WITH "Malawi 2024 tobacco market opens on good note" (Photo by Cyprian Ndau/Xinhua)

MALAWI-MACHINGA-WILDLIFE CONSERVATION-ANIMALS-TRANSLOCATION

MALAWI-MACHINGA-WILDLIFE CONSERVATION-ANIMALS-TRANSLOCATION

(220712) -- MACHINGA, July 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wildlife officers load an elephant into a truck at Liwonde National Park in Machinga, Malawi, July 10, 2022. Malawi has carried out a program to translocate 250 elephants and 405 additional wildlife from Liwonde National Park to Kasungu National Park as part of a national conservation initiative. (Photo by Joseph Mizere/Xinhua)

MALAWI-MACHINGA-WILDLIFE CONSERVATION-ANIMALS-TRANSLOCATION

MALAWI-MACHINGA-WILDLIFE CONSERVATION-ANIMALS-TRANSLOCATION

(220712) -- MACHINGA, July 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wildlife officers prepare to translocate an elephant from Liwonde National Park in Machinga, Malawi, July 10, 2022. Malawi has carried out a program to translocate 250 elephants and 405 additional wildlife from Liwonde National Park to Kasungu National Park as part of a national conservation initiative. (Photo by Joseph Mizere/Xinhua)

Wild elephants in Malawi relocated to new home

STORY: Wild elephants in Malawi relocated to new home DATELINE: July 12, 2022 LENGTH: 0:03:02 LOCATION: Lilongwe CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. medics and veterinarians approach a sedated elephant 2. medics prepare the sedated elephant before lifting 3. medics prepare the sedated elephant before lifting 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SAM KAMOTO, African Parks Country Representative 5. a carrier 6. an elephant being lifted into a carrier 7. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MATHIAS KACHEPA ELISA, Community Extension Manager, African Parks 8. carrier closing 9. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): SAM KAMOTO, African Parks Country Representative 10. medics preparing an elephant for translocation 11. African parks rangers 12. carrier trucks STORYLINE: Wildlife experts in Malawi are translocating 250 elephants from a crowded Liwonde National Park to a new home at Kasungu National Park, central Malawi. They hope that depopulating the sanctuary will reduce the risk of animal-human conflict. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SAM KAMOTO, African Pa