Elephants moved to another safari park by crane to control population

New images have revealed exactly how African conservationists have relocated several six-tonne elephants from one national park to another by drugging them and hoisting them into large trucks.

Drowsy elephants can be seen lolling about in massive harnesses as cranes put them into trucks to be moved from Liwonde National Park to Kasungu National Park, both in Malawi, east Africa, to decrease their population and alleviate human-wildlife conflict in the area.

The animals, which were sedated, were elevated using a giant hoist. Frank Weitzer, a freelance photojournalist and field guide, admitted that transporting them was no easy feat.

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