Zimbabwe: Elephants Exported to China On Fake Permits

FAKE export licences from the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Authority have been used to controversially export Zimbabwe's wildlife to Asian markets since November 2014, the Zimbabwe Independent can reveal.

Copies of the certificates seen by the Independent show that a certificate with permit number ZW/0436/2015 was issued on October 6 2014 to export four elephants valued at US$320 000 to Kinjian Safari Park in China.

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