A guard hut was set alight and a park entrance gate shut to the public during a community protest at Hluhluwe-iMfolozi game reserve at the weekend, sparked by the recent escape of several lions and other dangerous wildlife species.
A 45-year-old woman, injured in the aftermath of a rhino escape from the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi game reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, is the latest casualty of the wildlife fencing fiasco which threatens to further sour relations between local communities and conservation officials in one of Africa’s old.
Wildlife rangers have shot and killed at least six lions outside the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, raising renewed concern about community safety and the poor condition of fencing around the flagship Big Five game reserve in KwaZulu-Natal. Wildlife rangers have shot and killed at least six lions outs.