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'''Operation Noah''' was a wildlife rescue operation on the [[Zambezi River]], (then in Rhodesia, now the border between [[Zambia]] and Zimbabwe) lasting from 1958 to 1964. In the late 1950s, North and South Rhodesia (present-day Zambia and Zimbabwe) constructed the [[Kariba Dam]] hydroelectric power station across the [[Zambezi River]], at the [[Kariba Gorge]], about 400 km from Victoria Falls. The Kariba Dam mostly provided electric power to both countries, created [[Lake Kariba]], the world's largest man-made lake, and flooded the Kariba Gorge - home to thousands of native animals and the local [[Tonga people]]. In a wildlife rescue operation lasting 5 years, over 6000 animals were rescued and relocated to the mainland.<ref>[http://operationnoah.blogspot.com Operation Noah<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Earth From Space: Lake Kariba, Zambia-Zimbabwe Border |date = 5 August 2005 |url=http://www.marsdaily.com/reports/Earth_From_Space_Lake_Kariba__ZambiaZimbabwe_Border.html |publisher=European Space Agency |work=Space Daily |archivedate=2005 |archiveurl = http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA135121949&v=2.1&u=wikipedia&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w&asid=b9279ee667cabfde2cecef2b92ac7286 }}{{subscription required|via=General OneFile}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=''Operation Noah'' Rescues Animals |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clippings/embed_clipping/?id=4729882&w=394&h=394 |via = Newspapers.com|work=Terre Haute Tribune-Star |date=14 July 1963 |last=Porter |first=Adrian}}</ref> | '''Operation Noah''' was a wildlife rescue operation on the [[Zambezi River]], (then in Rhodesia, now the border between [[Zambia]] and Zimbabwe) lasting from 1958 to 1964. In the late 1950s, North and South Rhodesia (present-day Zambia and Zimbabwe) constructed the [[Kariba Dam]] hydroelectric power station across the [[Zambezi River]], at the [[Kariba Gorge]], about 400 km from Victoria Falls. The Kariba Dam mostly provided electric power to both countries, created [[Lake Kariba]], the world's largest man-made lake, and flooded the Kariba Gorge - home to thousands of native animals and the local [[Tonga people]]. In a wildlife rescue operation lasting 5 years, over 6000 animals were rescued and relocated to the mainland.<ref>[http://operationnoah.blogspot.com Operation Noah<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Earth From Space: Lake Kariba, Zambia-Zimbabwe Border |date = 5 August 2005 |url=http://www.marsdaily.com/reports/Earth_From_Space_Lake_Kariba__ZambiaZimbabwe_Border.html |publisher=European Space Agency |work=Space Daily |archivedate=2005 |archiveurl = http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA135121949&v=2.1&u=wikipedia&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w&asid=b9279ee667cabfde2cecef2b92ac7286 }}{{subscription required|via=General OneFile}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=''Operation Noah'' Rescues Animals |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clippings/embed_clipping/?id=4729882&w=394&h=394 |via = Newspapers.com|work=Terre Haute Tribune-Star |date=14 July 1963 |last=Porter |first=Adrian}}</ref> | ||
The operation was led by Rupert Fothergill. Wildlife was moved from the rising waters and largely relocated to Matusadona National Park and around [[Lake Kariba]].<ref>[http://www.zambezi.com/location/lake_kariba Lake Kariba]</ref> Over 6,000 animals (elephants, antelopes, rhinos, lions, leopards, zebras, warthogs, birds and snakes) were rescued.<ref>[http://www.africansafarisguide.com/zimbabwe/lake-kariba-safari.html African Safaris Guide]</ref> | The operation was led by Rupert Fothergill. Wildlife was moved from the rising waters and largely relocated to Matusadona National Park and around [[Lake Kariba]].<ref>[http://www.zambezi.com/location/lake_kariba Lake Kariba]</ref> Over 6,000 animals (elephants, antelopes, rhinos, lions, leopards, zebras, warthogs, birds and snakes) were rescued.<ref>[http://www.africansafarisguide.com/zimbabwe/lake-kariba-safari.html African Safaris Guide]</ref> | ||
