THE Kafue National Park has roared back to life as government unleashed 1,650 wildebeest and 300 zebras onto its vast plains, in a record-breaking wildlife relocation that officials say will transform the park’s ecosystem, lure more tourists, and cement Zambia’s conservation credentials. The reciprocal exercise will also see 50 Lichtenstein’s hartebeest, absent from Liuwa for over three decades, reintroduced from the Mulobezi Game Management Area. Led by the Ministry of Tourism through the Department of National Parks and Wildlife, the operation is being executed in partnership with the Barotse Royal Establishment (BRE) and African Parks Network. Tourism Minister Rodney Sikumba said the relocation was part of a deliberate strategy to boost wildlife sightings and rebalance predator-prey dynamics in Kafue. “For...