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Series 4

Episode 18: Slighe gu Saorsa/Flight to Freedom

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC ALBALatest broadcast: on BBC ALBA

Is e seo sgeulachd mun slighe adhair as fhaide ann an eachdraidh dìon bheathaichean air feadh an t-saoghal. Tarsainn air sia latha, chaidh ceithir itealan ILL 76 a Afraga a deas gu Angola. Chaidh sia ailbhean deug a ghlacadh ann an Tuil (Botswana) agus an gluasad gu Port adhair Arm Louis Trichardt air rathad airson an turas plèana aca gu Cabo Ledo, bha iad air an leantainn le sioraf, sebra agus crodh fhiadhaich.

This is the story of the biggest aerial translocation in the history of wildlife conservation world-wide. Over a period of six days, four ILL 76 flights were undertaken from South Africa to Angola. Sixteen elephants were captured in Tuli (Botswana), crated and transported by road to Louis Trichardt Air force base for their flight to Cabo Ledo, followed by giraffes, zebras and wildebeest. Show less

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