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Tensions rise over unfenced Kruger Park after predators kill cattle

By Staff Reporter • 19 October 2024
Tensions rise over unfenced Kruger Park after predators kill cattle

Unfenced areas bordering the Kruger National Park are leading to tensions between farmers and park rangers. Farmers claim that livestock have been killed by lions. They complain that they are prevented from retrieving their cattle when they wander...

By Thembi Siaga/Groundup

Unfenced areas bordering the Kruger National Park are leading to tensions between farmers and park rangers. Farmers claim that livestock have been killed by lions. They complain that they are prevented from retrieving their cattle when they wander into the park.

According to farmers from Mbaula Ranch and Phalakubeni villages (50km from Giyani, Limpopo), they have lost about 60 cattle to predators in the park this year and to traps set by illegal...

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