Wildlife division deploys guards to rescue escaped elephant after 2 were killed (Ghana)
Wildlife division deploys guards to rescue escaped elephant after 2 were
killed (Ghana)
Eliasu Tanko, My Joy Online
August 28, 2021
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Dozens of wildlife guards have been deployed back to parts of the East
Mamprusi municipality to rescue an elephant that escaped a mob attack three
days ago.
The elephant was part of a herd drifting from the Upper East Region and got
attacked by residents at Gbintri after a farmer was said to have been
killed while attempting to capture them onto his phone.
According to a report by the Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission,
two of the elephants were subsequently pursued and killed in retaliation,
but the other managed to escape.
The report said an overnight search for animals after the incident ended
unsuccessfully, and officials had assumed the wild animal was either
fatally injured and out of the human-dominated area or died from possible
injuries.
However, according to the Wildlife Division, a new report received Friday
evening indicated the elephant was sighted wandering in farmlands near
Nalerigu, the regional capital.
“Some women who saw it around Nalerigu had to run for their lives”,
Regional Manager, Joseph Binlinla confirmed to JoyNews.
“So we quickly dispatched men, and they are there to rescue it”, he
continued.
The wildlife rescuers are either to divert it to its habitat or sedate and
rehabilitate it to safety.
Human elephant conflict is common in the North East Region, which is part
of the Red Volta elephant range.
The forest reserves and bordering savanna vegetation also form an
internationally important elephant migratory corridor linking the Red Volta
range to elephant ranges in Togo and Burkina Faso.
This allows cross-border movement of elephants among the three countries.
The incident comes as authorities of the Wildlife are still pursuing to
retrieve a pair of tusks of one other elephant, which was also killed by
residents at Wungu in the West Mamprusi municipality.