Stray elephants driven to Angola
NAMPA
ONGWEDIVA
Environment ministry officials have managed to drive a herd of more than 20 elephants, that has been in the Omundaungilo area of the Ohangwena Region since last Friday, back to Angola.
The ministry’s spokesperson, Romeo Muyunda, told Nampa the elephants are believed to have arrived in the area from neighbouring Angola and were driven back on Saturday without any casualties.
He said the elephants damaged fields in the area, and urged the affected villagers to report any damage to their crops to ministry officials, who are still in the area monitoring the situation.
Speaking to Nampa at Eenhana on Monday, Ohangwena regional councillor for the Omundaungilo constituency Festus Ikanda said a mahangu field was destroyed and the elephants caused minimal damage to a second field.
He said the owners of the damaged fields were still waiting for ministry officials to complete an assessment in order to determine the compensation to be granted, as per the government's human-wildlife conflict policy.
According to him, a herd of roaming elephants was also encountered in the Omundaungilo area in the past two years in a similar fashion.
ONGWEDIVA
Environment ministry officials have managed to drive a herd of more than 20 elephants, that has been in the Omundaungilo area of the Ohangwena Region since last Friday, back to Angola.
The ministry’s spokesperson, Romeo Muyunda, told Nampa the elephants are believed to have arrived in the area from neighbouring Angola and were driven back on Saturday without any casualties.
He said the elephants damaged fields in the area, and urged the affected villagers to report any damage to their crops to ministry officials, who are still in the area monitoring the situation.
Speaking to Nampa at Eenhana on Monday, Ohangwena regional councillor for the Omundaungilo constituency Festus Ikanda said a mahangu field was destroyed and the elephants caused minimal damage to a second field.
He said the owners of the damaged fields were still waiting for ministry officials to complete an assessment in order to determine the compensation to be granted, as per the government's human-wildlife conflict policy.
According to him, a herd of roaming elephants was also encountered in the Omundaungilo area in the past two years in a similar fashion.
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