An image of an elephant loaded in an open truck with a dozen brazen men riding dangerously with the big animal through the streets of Maun like a scene from a cheap African action thriller, is still the talk of the town.
After that clumsy elephant relocation that is reported to have left a few of those men with minor injuries, the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) requested the assistance of Elephants Without Borders (EWB) to come and monitor the elephants in the area.