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Graeme Green

Sun 26 Jun 2022 04.15 EDT

1 Gorongosa, Mozambique

Mozambique’s civil war (1977-1992) and the poaching connected to it decimated wildlife inGorongosa national park. Since 2006, the Gorongosa restoration project has set out to bring back nature, starting with buffalo, wildebeest, eland, zebra and other animals being trucked in.

Many species have also recovered naturally under the renewed protection of the park’s 300 rangers. A recent aerial census counted more than 100,000 large animals, including about 200 lions. Three founder packs of African wild dogs and six leopards have also been brought in from SouthAfrica.

This…