Zim rangers kill marauding elephants
May 5 2012 at 04:47pm
By SAPA
REUTERS
Zimbabwe wildlife authorities say rangers shot and killed two marauding
elephants after a man was trampled and gored to death in the country’s
northeast.
State radio reported Saturday the man died late Friday when a herd of about
19 elephants roamed into a village farming district near the Mozambique
border. It said rangers were trying to drive the herd back into unpopulated
areas spanning the frontier.
The radio said wildlife authorities warned villagers not to confront
elephants stomping through their fields with “provocative actions.”
A fully grown elephant eats about 300 kilograms of foliage a day. Elephant
attacks are common in areas in Zimbabwe where impoverished human settlements
are encroaching into wildlife sanctuaries. -Sapa-AP