Besides taking young elephants away from their mother - which conservationists say could lead to health problems or death - there is another rumor that he included endangered rhinos in the shipment. Robert Mugabe will give away anything to hold onto power for another day. The Guardian:
According to conservationists, the Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, will send a modern-day ark – containing pairs of giraffes, zebras, baby elephants and other wild animals taken from a national park – to a zoo in North Korea.
The experts warned that not every creature would survive the journey to be greeted by Mugabe's ally Kim Jong-il, the North Korean leader.
There are particular fears that a pair of 18-month-old elephants could die during the long airlift.
