Residents on high alert after elephants flee park.(News)

From: The Mercury (South Africa) | Date: July 18, 2006 | Copyright information

BYLINE: Lebogang Seale

JOHANNESBURG: Residents of Nsavulani village, east of Giyani in Limpopo, are living in fear of a herd of elephants which escaped from the Kruger National Park.

According to some residents, about 24 elephants have been sighted since Friday last week.

Brown Moagala, from the adjacent Mbaula village, said residents were now afraid to herd their livestock and harvest their crops.

"A friend of mine told me yesterday mor...

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