Mecula, Niassa, under ‘animal-imposed mandatory curfew’ – Domingo

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Mecula, Niassa, under ‘animal-imposed mandatory curfew’ – Domingo

5:45 CAT | 26 Aug 2021

FILE - For illustration purposes only. [File photo: Domingo]

At dusk, in the main village of Mecula village in Niassa province, elephant and buffalo wander the streets, invade the vegetable gardens, and essentially subject the population to a mandatory curfew – experience which proved invaluable when the Covid-19 Public Disaster Situation was decreed.

For this is a place wholly inside the Niassa Special Reserve, where redoubled attention is recommended, even to the drivers of vehicles who, from time to time, see their means of transport immobilised by these large animals.

Nico Carlindo, a young farmer and seller of cutlery and electronic material in the village market, told ‘Domingo’ that the incursions of wild animals into farming plots causes incalculable damage to agricultural activity.

Mecula district administrator António Joaquim Paulo acknowledges that the man-fauna conflict represents a serious problem in this part of the country, with incidents reported almost daily.

However, strategies such as educating people and the enforcement of efforts to minimise the impact on communities are beginning to show positive results.

Source: Jornal Domingo