Menacing lions still not captured

Lions are terrorisong Nkange residents
Lions are terrorisong Nkange residents

FRANCISTOWN: The lives of the people of Nkange and its surrounding villages are still at risk after veterinary officers and a professional hunter engaged to capture menacing lions came back empty-handed.

The lions have killed livestock and are believed to number between five and 10. 

The operation to capture the lions started last Thursday. The deputy director of Wildlife, Rexboy Mokandla told Mmegi that they failed to capture the lions even after they engaged teams, which included the veterinary officers, soldiers from Botswana Defence Force, officials from the Department of Wildlife together with a professional hunter from Charles Hill.

Editor's Comment
Batswana need to do better to stop FMD

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...

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