Some of the world’s biggest animals are harming villagers in far north Cameroon. The people say hundreds of elephants have caused major damage to farms and destroyed their villages. They say all this took place during the past three months.
Cameroon’s government says the elephants have killed several people. But officials and wildlife organizations warn against killing the animals. A Villager says he has lost all of his crops to the animals. He says the elephants have destroyed all his crops and onions, and continue to attack people in their villages. And he says the elephants are destroying plants and vegetables in at least five villages in his area every day.
Nkwenti Simon Doh is an official in the area. He says the elephants from Gere Lake, near the park, have already killed several people. He says wildlife officials have killed three elephants that destroyed the plants. He says he called on villagers not to kill the animals. He notes they will enjoy huge social and economic benefits if they help protect the enormous animals.
He says the elephant population in the rainforest has decreased by 60 percent in the past 10 years. He says people must understand that if they do not stop killing the elephants, there might not be wildlife in the forest in 10 or 20 years.“Cameroon has the second largest rain forest in the world and we are losing our big mammals. Maybe in the next 20 years we will not have elephants in Cameroon. So how are we going to act on that?”
Wildlife groups have been urging Cameroon to declare a policy of absolutely no killing of animals to prevent their possible disappearance from Earth.
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