This report by Don Pinnock was published in the Daily Maverick.

"China is stealing African animals yet again, and covering it up with suspicious paperwork and probably in violation of its own regulations. More than 30 wild baby elephants are in bomas in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, awaiting clearance for transport overland to Maputo and shipment to China. The probable transit destination is Shanghai Wild Animal Park, though the final endpoint is possibly wealthy private collectors. Many will undoubtedly die before they get there."

This inhumane practice needs to be shut down. Even if the elephants are destined for so-called animal parks, it is extremely cruel to tear them away from their mothers and ship them halfway around the world to live out their lives being caged and abused.

Please respect our wildlife; it is not intended to be captured for the amusement of people who are at best unkind and selfish, and at worst, downright cruel. Do as you would be done by. Think karma. Do the right thing.