TOO MANY ELEPHANTS
600 TO BE SHOT IN UGANDA In his annual reports for some years the Game Warden has commented on the enormous herds of elephants _in Uganda, which have been increasing since poaching was checked. In addition to the natural increase of the herds, it has recently been thought that the elephant population in the Toro district has been augmented by immigrants from the Belgian Oongo, where possibly they are subject to heavier shooting._
Elephant control has been in operation for several years, and the animals are kept down by Government hunters and made to respect inhabited areas. Tins control has now been found to bo insufficient in the Toro district, where there are large areas of mountain and forest which give security to the ani-* mals and enable them to make raids into the settled parts. It has therefore been decided to shoot some 600 elephants in order to thin the herds and drive them back into the more remote parts of the Toro district.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17957, 8 December 1932, Page 9
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168TOO MANY ELEPHANTS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17957, 8 December 1932, Page 9
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