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December 18, 2020 Batoka released back into the wild. Photo: GRI-IFAW A very emaciated elephant calf was spotted alone on an island in Zambia’s Zambezi River, which is near Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park (home to the incredible Victoria Falls). Micro-flight pilots from “Batoka Sky” had discovered the young calf and proceeded to alert teams from Zambia’s Department of National Parks and Wildlife and IFAW partner, Game Rangers International (GRI). With tremendous support from the local community and Batoka Sky, the calf, who was estimate to be 1.5 years old, was darted by helicopter and captured by hand. Once captured safely, the team transferred the calf to the mainland by boat and brought him to an enclosure in the Park where he was stabilized. After a couple of days, the young orphan, named ‘Batoka,’ was strong enough to make the 8-hour drive north to the rescue facility in Kafue National Park (his rescue was prior to the Elephant Orphanage Project nursery facility in

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