Swift actions needed to address human-wildlife conflicts
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Swift actions needed to address human-wildlife conflicts
IN the evening of October 31, 2020, a secondary school teacher, Rogers Wilson from Kwangu Secondary School in Kwakoa ward, Mwanga District, Kilimanjaro Region was trampled to death after a herd of elephants invaded the village.
The elephants came from Mkomazi National Park.
The Director of Wildlife in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism in Tanzania, Dr Maurus Msuha confirmed the incident assuring that the elephants would be soon driven out of the area.
This was not the first time as in October 2019, four people were killed while seven were injured by rampaging elephants in Toloha and Ngulu villages in Mwanga district.