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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 31 Jul 2017

    A mammoth task? 🐘🐘🐘 Hundreds of elephants in Malawi are being relocated as part of a #conservation project 🐘🐘🐘pic.twitter.com/1NKUKi0sEu

    9:25 AM - 31 Jul 2017
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    • RAKESH.K.S Steven Fordyce Ridwan Michelle 2017 🌻K Wesley Damiani Umar Tauqir🏡🇵🇰🇹🇷 Y.S.G ❤️ Denisse
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      2. Elliott Parker‏ @El_li_ott 31 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        How much of which drug does it take to knock out an elephant!?

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      3. Jamie‏ @Jamie2090 31 Jul 2017
        Replying to @El_li_ott @BBCAfrica

        All of it

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      1. Maggie‏ @Astromags 31 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Now we need to get the owner of Arsenal foot ball club to stop shooting lions

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      2. Ryan  🏳️‍🌈  🇬🇧  🚴🏻‍♂️ 🛩‏ @Clarkiee 31 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        If I ever met a poacher I don't think I could be held responsible for my actions!😡

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Jim King‏ @MidhurstRhino 31 Jul 2017
        Replying to @Clarkiee @BBCAfrica @BBCNews

        there's a dentist in America you could visit.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Chuck Dubs‏ @kayakyakr 31 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        I went to the park they're moving elephants from. It's not due to poaching, but due to overpopulation. Liwonde had too many elephants.

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      1. ANELE‏ @Lennox_ndlovu12 31 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        🙌🙌🙌better chance for wildlife conservation and security. Keep up the gud work

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      1.  🐐JG‏ @BulletCOD 31 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        @MVPrimez 🐘

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      1. Sally McFadden‏ @mcfadden_spg911 31 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        Elephants are my favorite....I just hope they thrive and enjoy their new home!

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      1. Chuck Dubs‏ @kayakyakr 31 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        Malawi is comparably safe from poachers, save some animals taken for bush meat. Except Rhinos, those guys are always in danger anywhere.

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      1. Idrisu Muhammadu  🇳🇬‏ @Usman_danAfriki 31 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        In West Africa lost almost all our wildlife. Southern Africa on the same path

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      1.  🔊 🎙️ 🥃Halli Casser-Jayne Podcast 🔊 🎙️ 🥃‏ @TheHalliCJShow 7 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Good idea or bad one? We talk about 'inappropriate' #conservation efforts in #Africa @TheHalliCJShow http://goo.gl/96mfLv 

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      1. Mesape Sube‏ @Mesapesube5 1 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Africa wake up! What type of animal shall we ever relocate from anywhere to Africa ?

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      1. Mordecai Zgambo‏ @zgamboson 1 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        proud of my country malawi

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      1. SarahLion‏ @sarahohlion 1 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @ClareGageler 💪🏽

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      1. rajendra jaiswal‏ @rajendrajaisw12 1 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Great

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