By Don Pinnock
The Namibian
http://www.namibian.com.na

Permission to capture and export five young elephants to Dubai, given to a game farm owned by a Swedish national by the Namibian government has raised a storm among conservation organisations worldwide.

In an open letter to Johan Hansen of the farm Eden Wildlife, co-signed by 35 other organisations, the Humane Society International (HSI), requested that he ‘immediately and permanently halt plans to capture and export five young live elephants… .to Dubai Safari Park in the United Arab Emirates.’

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