Nigerian hunters kill lion for saving farmers
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LAGOS, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Authorities in Nigeria's Borno State on Tuesday confirmed the killing of a lion by hunters for saving local farmers.
Asheikh Chabbol, a spokesperson for the Konduga local government area, who confirmed this to reporters in Maiduguri, the state capital, said the lion chased some irrigation farmers in Malari village, who had to invite hunters to engage it.
"On Sunday, hunters engaged the lion, which injured two of them before it was killed," he added.
"The injured hunters are receiving treatment while the carcass of the lion was taken to the ministry of environment," Chabbol said.
On his part, Peter Ayuba, the director of forestry and wildlife in the ministry of environment, said the lion might have strayed from Waza Game Reserve in neighboring Cameroon.
"We have similar incidents of elephants from the game reserve entering villages in the Kala-Balge local government area," he added.
He said there was also an incident of some hyenas killing a man in the bush in Kaga local government area.
He added that the several years of absence of human beings made the animals in reserve wander into the villages, urging resettled communities to be vigilant. Enditem
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