Elephants have besieged the Upper East Regional eastern corridor forest reserve at Tili in the the Bawku West District, destroying farms and trees.
searching for food and have since become a worry to the people as they go wild when they see human beings around them. Mr Kojo Atarikiya, a Senior Wild Life Officer In-Charge of the Eastern Corridor Wild Life forest reserve, who confirmed the presence of the animals in the area, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency at Zebilla. Above map of Zebilla and area (Upper East region of Ghana).
He noted that the elephants are increasing in number and that if care is not taken they would begin to pose danger to residence in the area. He said they had already destroyed about 70 farm lands along the east and west banks of the red Volta in the forest reserve. He said the animals could also be found in the Garu-Tempane District and appealed to the two affected district assemblies to assist the forestry guards to beef up patrols to control the animals since they are a threat to life and property. Mr John Akugre assembly man for the Tili electoral area disclosed that apart from the 70 farm lands destroyed by the elephants about 190 hectares of land and other properties including plantations have been damaged. Mr Akugre said the animals move into farmlands near the communities at night and return to the forest in the morning, making it difficult for farmers to track their movement to protect their farm products from being destroyed. Farm products including rice, maize, groundnuts, and millet among others have been destroyed by the animals in the area. Mr Akugre called on the district assembly, non-governmental organisations and the National Disaster Management Organisation to support the affected farmers with food since they cannot harvest their produce. Last year, a 35 year old farmer was killed in the night at the Garu-Tempane District by the elephants. - Source: GNA / 05.11.2015 |
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