Living with lions
Monday, March 12, 2012
Those who have had a close encounter with the animal, say that it is difficult to believe that it poses no danger to one's life even when it is dead. Last Monday I had a date with the real wild tshetlha, up close and dangerous.
First I had to travel to Kasane by bus, a feat far from child's play. It is even worse at night. Along the way we were constantly informed that there are plenty of lions along the Nata-Pandamatenga-Kasane road.
It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...