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Donkeys Killed In Camp

Category: West Gate Community Conservancy | Date: Mar 22 2009 | By: ewasolions

A few nights ago I woke up at 3 am to hear hyenas all around my tent at the Echo Lima Camp in West Gate Community Conservancy.  They were whooping and running around everywhere. This went on for about an hour and then suddenly stopped.  I went back to sleep and awoke the next morning to discover that 2 donkeys had been killed by the hyenas just on the other side of the camp.

Raphael and I went to look and investigate the conflict incidence.  Basically the 2 donkeys had strayed and were wandering  the area when the hyenas found and attacked them.

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Raphael recording the conflict incidence

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Remains of the second donkey

Donkeys are often not looked after or herded properly.  They stray and are killed by predators.  Magilani, the lioness, killed a donkey earlier in the year and I suspect that is not the first time she did that.  Donkeys are useful animals here - they are used to transport goods (especially when people are moving homes) and also to carry water.  But, their value is not really regarded and they are often left alone.  During our community meetings, we emphasize the need for better herding practices and how this will reduce livestock loss to predators.

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2 Responses to “Donkeys Killed In Camp”

Dana, on 22 Mar 2009

Good grief! How many donkey’s will be killed before the people realize that they need to listen and really understand the points you are trying to get across?

sauwah, on 22 Mar 2009

i think these poor beasts of burden are so abused and neglected by their owners because donkeys have been taken for granted by just every one. i donate a bit of money to a donkey rescue place in Isreal where donkeys are either abused by kids, over worked by their owners or just abandoned. even when they are old or injured, they are forced to work! and those terrorists even use donkeys to blow up people. naturally the poor donkeys are blown to pieces. and for what? for some stupid human beings’ conflicts?

in short, they get no respect! but being eaten alive by hyenas is about the worse way to die! yes, their owners need your education and please do your best to talk some sense into their brains. donkeys in namibia also wonder freely in area where lions are around. and you know how things go if a lion kills a donkey. even though the fault lies on the owners, lions and donkeys pay for it with their precious god given lives.

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