肯亞政府將把2000餘種野生動物從人口數量較多的地區，移置到肯亞的梅魯(Meru)國家公園，目的在於使其恢復生機並重新標榜梅魯國家公園為「全然野生的世界」。諸如瀕臨絕種的格利威斑馬、草原斑馬、黑斑羚羊、大羚羊和長角羚羊等，都將遷移到肯亞野生動物管理局所稱的「非洲規模最大有蹄類哺乳動物的移居地」。
梅魯國家公園座落於距離首都奈洛比北邊348公里（216英哩）的地方。在1970年代及80年代早期，由於當地土匪及盜獵行為猖獗，使得原本作為觀光客探索未開發荒地首要目的地的梅魯，失去它的地位。
在這個時期，盜獵者屠殺了公園中3000頭象的9成，犀牛則是完全消失殆盡。人類的非法行為和野生動物在土地使用上的衝突，頓時破壞了公園及觀光業的發展。
從2000年起，透過法國發展署(Agence Francaise de Developpement)和國際動物福利組織(International Fund for Animal Welfare)等國際組織所捐贈的專款，已協助這些動物回到公園。2003年4月，9頭瀕臨絕種的白色犀牛遷移到公園，其中的1頭在1個月後，生下1頭健康的小犀牛，這是20年來公園裡誕生的第一頭犀牛寶寶。
Some 2,000 wild animals are being relocated to Kenya's Meru National Park from areas of the country with larger populations as part of a drive by the government to revive and rebrand the park as "complete wilderness." Species such as the endangered Grevy's zebra, common zebra, impala, hartebeest and Beisa oryx are being moved in what the Kenya Wildlife Service is calling, "the greatest African ungulate translocation."
Meru National Park in northern Kenya, 348 kilometres (216 miles) from the capital Nairobi, lost its position as a premier destination for visitors seeking untamed wilderness when it suffered a downturn in the 1970s and early 80s due to rampant banditry and poaching.
During this period, poachers slaughtered 90 percent of the park's 3,000 elephants. Rhinos were completely wiped out. Lawlessness and land use conflicts between humans and wildlife devastated the park and tourism plummeted.
Since 2000, international donors Agence Francaise de Developpement, AFD, and the International Fund for Animal Welfare, IFAW, have helped to bring animals back into the park. In April 2003, one of nine endangered white rhinos translocated to the park the month before gave birth to a healthy calf, the first born in the park in 20 years.
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