Park rangers in Benin kill an aggressive elephant and distri

Park rangers in Benin kill an aggressive elephant and distribute its meat
Issued on:
14/05/2021 - 10:49
Park rangers killed an elephant who had killed three people and injured more near the town of Kandi, Benin. © DR
Text by:
Hermann Boko
5 min
Park rangers and forestry workers killed an elephant wandering through the town of Kandi, in northwestern Benin, in late April. Photos circulating online showed a local organisation cutting up the carcass and distributing the meat.
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Northwest Benin is home to two national parks, Pendjari and W, whose name comes from the twists and turns of the Niger River. These animal reserves are part of the WAP complex (W-Arly-Pendjari), which makes up the largest stretch of protected land in West Africa. Most of the region’s 6,000 elephants live in these parks and it is fairly common for them to wander close to nearby villages.

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