Ministry of tourism and wildlife expresses concern and says it has not been contacted
Confusion has erupted over plans to fly a herd of elephants from Kent to Kenya, after the Kenyan wildlife service said it had not been contacted or consulted about the operation.
On Monday, the Aspinall Foundation announced ambitious plans to transport 13 savannah elephants, born and bred in captivity, almost 4,500 miles from their home at Howletts Wild Animal Park to a site in the east African country in partnership with the Kenyan Wildlife service (KWS). The wildlife charity, where the prime minister’s wife Carrie Johnson has a top corporate role in communications, said it would be a world-first operation to “re-wild” the mammals.
