Huge hunt for man-eater
NZPA-Reuter Dar-es-Salaam A party of 1000 natives joined a huge hunt yesterday j for a man-eating lion which [ has killed eight persons in. the last three months and; terrorised villages only ai; few kilometres from the capital. Game officials said Tanzanian Army troops, local militia, and policemen had joined native hunters and game wardens in the search throughout the hilly scrub I countryside of the Kibaha region, about 80km west of; Dar-es-Salaam. Government officials! staged a series of rallies in: the area in a drive to enlist!: volunteer hunters and to try l
ito calm the fears of villaigers who have lived in . growing terror since the hon j first struck. ' The villagers appealed to [the Government to capture ‘the lion before it struck again and hunting parties were formed last week, spreading their area of search. Game wardens went from village to village recruiting tribesmen to join the hunt and to reassure villagers that something was being done to protect them. I The Government has told i village officials that policemen and game scouts will ibe posted in the villages to 'protect residents until the 'lion is found.
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