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Join us for the third chapter of an incredible rewilding journey at Maputo National Park. 🐾 Through intensive restoration and conservation initiatives, and the support of committed partners and funders over the past decade, the park's animal populations have grown to a total of over 12,000! This is part of Mozambique's National Administration for Conservation Areas’ (ANAC) mission, in partnership with Peace Parks Foundation, to actively revive and rewild Maputo National Park. 💫 Maputo National Park’s warden, Miguel Goncalves says that, in a park dominated by herbivores, now "is the right time to bring in carnivores, top predators." 🐆 Building on already strong relationships with Sabie Game Park and the Mozambique Wildlife Alliance, Miguel’s team undertook the bold mission to capture spotted hyenas from Sabie Game Park, then transport them and release them into Maputo National Park. 🙌 In our previous episode, which you can watch at PeaceParks.TV, we got behind-the-scenes insight into the capture phase of a hyena relocation, which involved long nights in the field and close coordination between rangers and wildlife veterinarians. ♻️ After successfully capturing five hyenas, they are now safely released into a boma in Maputo National Park and will be kept there and monitored for four weeks. This gives them time to settle into their new surroundings. "Once we feel that they are settled and more habituated to the area and to vehicles and tourists," says Brian Neubert, Operations Manager at Peace Parks, "then we will release them into the park." 👏 The dedication and coordination between Peace Parks and its partners in the field were vital in making this relocation a reality and success. Visit parquemaputo.gov.mz to learn more about Maputo National Park and its wildlife revival, and stay tuned to PeaceParks. TV for future updates on the new hyena kids on the block! 🌍 ______________ Follow our journey on social media: Facebook:   / peaceparkstvsocial   Instagram:   / peaceparks.tv   LinkedIn:   / peace-parks-tv   Tiktok:   / peaceparks.tv