ELEPHANT DRIVE
Herds of marauding elephants iiave been moving down from the wild regions of Uganda and laying waste the cultivated fields of the natives in Buganda, north of Lake Victoria. It has been estimated that there are at least 20,000 elephants in Uganda, some 4500 living in the Mongo district, from which the invaders came. For ten years they had been allowed to increase without check, but last year something had to be done. Expert game rangers were called in, and before they had time to realise what was happening the elephant hosts were driven back to the wilds with a loss of 500. This great drive is described as the accomplishment of the year, for the increasing tendency of the herds to move into the cultivated areas was a serious menace to a prosperous native kingdom.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 31, 6 February 1936, Page 15
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138ELEPHANT DRIVE Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 31, 6 February 1936, Page 15
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