PEACE PARK SERIES - GLTP 20c 1Oz SILVER - 2011 NR: 110/1000

PEACE PARK SERIES - GREAT LIMPOPO TRANSFRONTIER PARK 20c 1Oz SILVER COIN NR:110/1000

THE GREAT LIMPOPO TRANSFRONTIER PARK STRADDLES THE BOARDERS OF MOZAMBIQUE, SOUTH AFRICA AND ZIMBABWE, COVERING ALMOST 35.000 SQUARE KILOMETRES.

THE PRIMARY AIM OF PEACE PARKS ACROSS BOARDERS IS TO PRESERVE TRADITIONAL ANIMAL MIGRATION PATTERNS , TO PROMOTE BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND TO ENSURE SUFFICIENT FOOD AND WATER FOR POPULATION GROWTH.

THE 20c COIN DEPICTS A FEMALE TUSKER CURRENTLY LIVING IN THE KNP.NAMED MAMERLE, SHE IS CURRENTLY THE LARGEST TUSKER-COW IN THE KNP WHICH FORMS PART OF THE GREAT LIMPOPO TRANSFRONTIER PARK. SHE CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY THE SQUARE AND V-SHAPED NOTCHES IN HER RIGHT EAR LOBE.MAMERLE HAS ALSO MADE THE HISTORY BOOKS AFTER BEING SEEN WITH A SECOND SET OF TWINS. TWINS ARE UNUSUAL FOR ELEPHANTS AND HER TWINS HAVE SURVIVED, WHICH IS RARE.

ELEPHANTS HAVE BEEN HUNTED FOR THEIR IVORY AND USED AS WORKING ANIMALS FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. IN SPITE OF THEIR GREAT STRENGTH AND CAPACITY TO DESTROY, THEY REMAIN BELOVED BY HUMANKIND WHO CAN EMPATHISE WITH THE ELEPHANT's COMMITMENT TO THE FAMILY STRUCTURE.

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