Liberia: Elephants Destroy Villages/Farms In G/Cape Mt.

1 November 2005

Reports from Grand Cape Mount County in western Liberia speak of elephants have gotten on the rampage in several villages and towns in the County, destroying farms and breaking down villages leaving villagers to flee to safer zones.

Even though the reports are still been investigated, but some returnees from Cape Mount told newsmen over the weekend that over a dozen elephants from Belleh Forest were causing rural dwellers, who are mainly farmers, problems to go about their ordinary farming business as they continue to come under attack by these elephants.

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