Tanzania's Serengeti National Park moves to prevent elephants from raiding
farms
Xinhua
January 12, 2024
The Serengeti National Park (SENAPA) in Tanzania has donated 300 honey
beehives to community cooperatives in three villages in the Simiyu region
that will help to deter elephants from invading farms and destroying crops,
an official said Friday.
Constructed beehives on fence posts could reduce elephant raids, said
Joseph Mpangala, SENAPA senior conservation officer for communications at a
news conference in the Simiyu region.
Mapunda said that buzzing bee sounds disturb elephants and force them to
quickly leave the area when they hear the sound of bees, adding the 300
beehives will be distributed to Itilima, Meatu and Busega districts whose
villages that are adjacent to the national park face frequent raids by the
elephants.
Anita Kaesha, Itilima district social welfare officer, said the initiative
will help curb human-wildlife conflict in the three districts.
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