About 40 elephants have grazed down crops belonging to local farmers in Karangazi- Nyagatare district.
Affected residents are demanding for compensation and the solving of the problem of elephants encroaching on their gardens.
The elephants escaped from Akagera National park and attacked gardens on Sunday destroying crops in Akanyange cell.
By the time of attack the residents were not available in the gardens but identified their hoof prints which were allover the gardens and directed towards the Park area.
Residents complained that the harvest they had earlier anticipated will not be attained because of the elephants attack this Sunday. Affected farmers are worried about how they will pay for the fertilizers they used on credit.
They request concerned authorities to urgently contain the increasing attacks by wild animals from the park.
Ruvuzandekwe Theogene one of the affected local farmers said, “I had an acre of Maize now its all gone. And I must pay for the fertilizers I was given on credit.” He requests that government should compensate them and or government should relocate us to another place where wild animals wouldn’t attack.”
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