Ua hakakā nā holoholona i kipaku ʻia e ka lāʻau lāʻau me nā mahiʻai ma ka Ivory Coast. Ua hoʻopakele ʻia lākou e ka International Fund for Animal Welfare. ʻO kahi ʻano elepani o ka ululāʻau ʻApelika (ma kahi o 100000 mau elepani ululāʻau wale nō i koe i ka nahele) ua luku i nā mahiʻai a me nā mea kanu ma Ivory Coast, e hoʻoweliweli ana i ka pana ʻana mai ka poʻe mahiʻai. Hoʻokuke ʻia nā ʻelepani mai ko lākou wahi noho ʻana ma ke kālai ʻana a me ka ʻeli ʻana.
Ua kaulana nā ʻelepani nahele i nā poʻe ʻaihue ma muli o ka ulu ʻana o ke kālepa niho ʻelepani ma Kina. Kipaku ʻia mai ko lākou wahi noho ʻana, ua hoʻopau nā ʻelepani i nā mahiʻai kokoke i Daloa, kahi home o 170 poʻe.
ʻAʻole maʻalahi ka misionari o WWF, no ka mea, paʻakikī loa nā ʻelepani e hahai i nā ululāʻau paʻa. ʻAʻole like me nā elepani savannah nui, noho nā elepani nahele i nā ululāʻau o waena a me ke komohana o ʻApelika, kahi i hoʻoluliluli ʻia e nā kaua a me nā ʻoihana kaumaha. ʻOiai ke kaupaona ʻana a hiki i ʻelima mau tona, ʻaʻole palekana nā ʻelepani ma nā paka aupuni, no ka mea, ke komo ikaika nei nā poachers i ke kālepa niho ʻelepani hewa ʻole ma Kina.
No ka hoʻopakele ʻana i nā ʻelepani, ua hahai ka poʻe akamai iā lākou i loko o ka ululāʻau kokoke i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Daloa a laila hoʻomaʻamaʻa iā lākou me nā ihe hoʻomaha.
Wahi a ka lālā o ka hui ʻo Neil Greenwood: “Ke hana nei mākou i kahi holoholona weliweli. Hāmau kēia mau ʻelepani, hiki iā ʻoe ke huli i kahi kihi a hina i luna, a laila e ʻeha a me ka make. Peʻe nā ʻelepani ma lalo o ka uhi o ka ululāʻau, a hiki i 60 mika ke kiʻekiʻe, ʻaʻole loa e ʻike iā lākou ma kahi kokoke.
I ka wā i hopu ʻia ai, lawe ʻia nā ʻelepani i 250 mile (400 km) i ka Pāka National Azagni. Pono nā mea hoʻopakele e lawe i nā kaulahao a ʻohi me lākou e ʻoki i loko o ka ululāʻau, a me ʻelua lita o ka wai holoi e hoʻoneʻe i nā elepani hiamoe i ke kaʻa. A laila, hāpai ʻia lākou e kahi crane nui ma luna o kahi kaʻa kaʻa.
Pono nā limahana o ka International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) e hoʻohana i kahi crane a me kahi pahu nui kahi e ala ai nā elepani, a me ʻelua lita o ka wai holoi e hoʻoneʻe iā lākou.
Wahi a ka lālā o ka hui ʻo Dr. Andre Uys: "He mea hiki ʻole ke hopu i ka ʻelepani ma ke ʻano kuʻuna, e like me ka savannah." Hoʻohana pinepine nā mea hoʻopakele i nā helikopter, akā ua pale ʻia lākou e ka ululāʻau ʻApelika. "ʻO ka uhi o ka ululāʻau puʻupaʻa hiki i 60 mau mika ke kiʻekiʻe, kahi hiki ʻole ke lele ma ka helikopter. He hana paʻakikī loa ia.
Ma ka huina holoʻokoʻa, hoʻolālā ka hui e hoʻopakele ma kahi o ka ʻumi mau elepani, e hoʻoneʻe ʻia i ka Azagni National Park a hoʻolako ʻia me nā kola GPS e nānā i nā neʻe.
Ua huli nā luna o Côte d'Ivoire i ka hui no ke kōkua e pale aku i ka make ʻana o nā elepani.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ka luna IFAW ʻo Celine Sissler-Benvenue: “ʻO ka Elepani ka hōʻailona aupuni o Côte dʻIvoire. No laila, ma ke noi a ke aupuni, ua hōʻike ka poʻe kamaʻāina i ke ahonui, e ʻae iā lākou e ʻimi i kahi koho kanaka i ka pana.
"Ma hope o ka ʻimi ʻana i nā hoʻonā āpau, manaʻo mākou e neʻe i nā elepani i kahi palekana." “Inā makemake mākou e hoʻopakele i kēia mau ʻelepani i make, pono mākou e hana i kēia manawa i ke kau maloʻo. Hoʻoponopono kēia misionari hoʻopakele i kahi pilikia mālama mālama nui a kōkua i ka palekana a me ka maikaʻi o nā kānaka a me nā holoholona.
ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻokumu pololei ʻia ka nui o nā elepani nahele, no ka mea, noho kaʻawale nā holoholona. Akā, ana nā kānaka ʻepekema i ka nui o ka ʻōpala ma kēlā me kēia ʻāpana.
ʻAʻole kēia hui ka manawa mua i ka haʻalele ʻana i nā ʻelepani. I ka makahiki 2009, ua haʻalele ʻo IFAW i nā elepani savannah 83 i hopu ʻia i kahi hakakā kanaka-elepani make ma Malawi. Ke hoʻoneʻe ʻia nā ʻelepani, ala lākou i loko o kā lākou pahu i ka pau ʻana o ka mea hoʻomaha.
Wahi a ka luna o ka IFAW, ʻo Celine Sissler-Benvenue: "Inā makemake mākou e hoʻopakele i kēia mau elepani i make, pono mākou e hana i kēia manawa i ka wā maloʻo." Paipai ka hui aloha i nā haʻawina e kōkua i ka misionari.