Picture from internet (African Elephant
Another life was lost last Thursday to a wild animal at Ndorotsha, a settlement 25 km from Seronga village in the North West District.
The incident comes barely a week after a man was killed by a lion close to the same area.
Acting Station Commander of Seronga Police Station Assistant Superitandant Gaolapelwe Phaphe told The Voice that the deceased was attacked by an elephant on her way back from fetching water at a nearby river at around six in the evening.
He said the deceased was with two other people who were accompanying her when they saw the elephant which had two young ones heading towards their direction. “When the elephants were getting closer to them she asked her friends to go back to their place because she feared that they may be attacked.”
Phaphe said that the deceased tried to run but the animal gave chase. When it caught up with her, it lifted her up and threw her some distance away leading to her instant death.
Regional Wildlife Officer Bolt Othomile said that they are still looking for the elephant which killed the deceased. “An animal changes behaviour after killing a person and our officers will manage to locate it even if it’s amongst others,” said Othomile.
He also advised people to avoid going to the river in the late hours as that is when animals also go drinking.
He said that last week another family in Ditshiping area were attacked by elephants but managed to survive without any injuries.
Meanwhile a 19 year old man is nursing hand injuries after he was attacked by a lion at Ndorotsha two weeks ago. Phaphe said that the man found the lion eating his calf and he tried to attack it but ended up injured.
African-elephant
Our so calld government has to do sumthing rather than folding their hands ba bo ba re diphologolo di seka tsa bolawa ha di thasela batho but batswana bone ba fokotsega.a diphologolo di ntshiwe mo mafelong aa nnang batho.may yor soul rest in peace.
It not a guarantee that these animals drink in the evening so that is not an advice enuf… like “memos 28″ sad – a diphologolo di ntshiwe mo mafelong aa nnang batho.
may she rest in peace.
a batho batswe mo mafelong aa nnang diphologolo gape batho ba ba nnang ko seronga ba setse ba na le kitso e ntsi ka diphologolo tseo so they should know how to deal with them,it shouldnt always be the gov’s fault.motho le animal ba na le right ya go tshela mo lefatsheng.a re rateleng diphologolo tsa rona botshelo jaaka re ithatela botshelo.a mowa wa gagwe o robale ka kagiso
Such animals belong to game reserves and national parks. No humans should live in there. This human-wildlife conflict will continue culminating in these sad stories till we get it and sort it out decisively. RIP!