With a current elephant population of 600, the (Shimba Hills) National Reserve is choking. The elephants destroy the habitat, break park fences and cause mayhem and destruction in villages surrounding the park.

We called off the operation because of bad weather,

Seventy per cent of Kenya’s tourism revenue is wildlife-centred,

It was foggy and we could not get the chopper airborne. We will resume the operation tomorrow.

the single largest translocation of animals undertaken since Noah’s Ark.

These animals have been our heritage for centuries. If they once existed in the west and then became extinct, well, we are not ready to let go of our own.

All of them have been radio-collared so we will be able to monitor them using GPS [Global Positioning System], and move our rangers in to drive them away before they can break into private farmland,...