Mike Labuschagne has been working as a wildlife ranger in Malawi for more than 30 years. He used to have funding from the US-based animal rights organisation IFAW, the International Fund for Animal Welfare, to help the elephants of Kasungu. Now he believes that IFAW should be charged with the murder of local people for wilfully releasing 263 elephants into the area, which can’t support them.

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• IFAW’s press release about the Kasungu elephant relocation  
• There is some controversy about how IFAW made its statement, as detailed on South Africa’s Daily Maverick news website