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Tanzania has designated its first official wildlife corridor, allowing elephants to migrate from open savannas to mountain rainforests. Co-managed by local landowners and government, the 14-km route gives hundreds of elephants safe passage across the Kilombero Valley. Ryan Truscott reports.

mongabay.ccTanzania’s first official wildlife corridor links savanna elephants to rainforestAfrican savanna elephants in southern Tanzania have an unusual habit: They climb mountains. Up to 1,000 of the pachyderms spend part of their time in the Udzungwa Mountains, clambering up and down…

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Dawn

@time2move.bsky.social

9 Sept

Hope it’s monitored

Manimal

@sammyhagarisgreat.bsky.social

10 Sept

This is cool. Glad their lives are going to be better.

Tim Vernimmen

@timvernimmen.bsky.social

10 Sept

Interesting! Some questions: Since the corridor is crossing the inhabited valley, is it fully fenced off, or only in certain areas? And if it is, is there a way for people to cross it? I'm also really curious about the survival rate of the planted trees, with all of the elephants passing through.