Uganda: Luwero Authorities Kill Baboons

24 January 2011

LUWEERO district authorities have launched a campaign to eliminate families of baboons which they accuse of destroying crops in Kamira sub-county. Over 30 baboons have so far been shot dead.

The baboons are being hunted by vermin hunters recently deployed by the district authorities. Farmers in Kamira say the baboons also eat their chicken and scare women and school going children.

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