The elephant 'Mr. President', which in 2018 received a GPS collar from the hands of the Mozambican President, Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, received last week, in the village of Mussoma, in Mecula District, Niassa Province, a new collar as part of the process of placing and/or replacing new collars on 20 elephants, a process that should extend for 2 weeks.
Remember that in 2018 the pachyderm was named ‘Mr. President’, name given by the President of the Republic, and in July of this year he should have received the new necklace. However, even having been located, the exchange did not take place because the animal's geographical position did not allow its immobilization, and the technical team decided to postpone the exchange of the collar for this phase.Remember that in 2018 the pachyderm was named ‘Mr. President’, name given by the President of the Republic, and in July of this year he should have received the new necklace. However, even having been located, the exchange did not take place because the animal's geographical position did not allow its immobilization, and the technical team decided to postpone the exchange of the collar for this phase.Remember that in 2018 the pachyderm was named ‘Mr. President’, name given by the Mozambican President, and in July of this year the elephant should have received the new necklace. However, even having been located, the exchange did not take place because the animal's geographical position did not allow its immobilization, and the technical team decided to postpone the exchange of the collar for this phase.
It should be noted that GPS collars are a mechanism for monitoring animals and are also a fundamental tool for the management of human wildlife conflict.
The placement/replacement of these 20 necklaces is part of a process included in the co-management agreement of the Niassa Special Reserve between the Mozambique Government and WCS and has the technical support of the Mozambique Wildlife Alliance (MWA), and is financed by the Foundation Segre, USAID, European Union and INL.