Hunting Ban Saps Livelihood Of Sankuyo Village

Monday, September 21, 2015

SANKUYO, Botswana — Lions have been coming out of the surrounding bush, prowling around homes and a small health clinic, to snatch goats and donkeys from the heart of Sankuyo, a village on the edge of one of Africa’s great inland deltas.

Elephants, too, are becoming frequent, unwelcome visitors, gobbling up the beans, maize and watermelons that took farmers months to grow.

Since Botswana banned trophy hunting two years ago, remote communities like Sankuyo have been at the mercy of growing numbers of wild animals that are hurting livelihoods and driving terrified villagers into their homes at dusk. The hunting ban has also meant a precipitous drop in income.

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Hunting Ban Saps Livelihood Of Sankuyo Village

SANKUYO, Botswana — Lions have been coming out of the surrounding bush, prowling around homes and a small health clinic, to snatch goats and donkeys from the heart of Sankuyo, a village on the edge of one of Africa’s great inland deltas.

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