Cattle egrets pose threat in Serowe

It has also emerged that a team from the Department of Public Health was in Serowe on Tuesday to assess the public health hazard posed by the breeding egrets. The regional wildlife officer in Serowe has confirmed that two giant trees in the village have been cut, and that more giant tree cutting measures would follow, as the Bangwato capital battle to contain a large number of cattle egrets which breed there every year leaving tales of agony in their trail.

Lucas Rutina yesterday told Mmegi that the two giant trees have had their big branches pruned and cut so that the giant birds, classified under the endangered species in the world, have nowhere to perch, nest and breed. They are only, 4,000 egrets in the world, majority of them, comprising 85 per cent, are in Botswana, according to a Birdlife report.