By Mack Rogers, Grand Cape Mount County Correspondent
Locals in Kawelahun Town say they fear for the lives and the destruction of their food crops due to what is now being described as the invasion of wildlife, including elephants.
Our Cape Mount County Correspondent says the citizens of Kawelahun Town have expressed serious security threats on both their food crops and lives.
The town hosts a population of over 2000 inhabitants as per the statistics given by the town secretary, Mr. Ansu Cooper.
The locals informed our Blaze Radio that the Society for the Conservation of Nature of Liberia, Forestry Development Authority and partners, stopped them from farming, fishing and hunting in the forest.
As a result, they claim, the elephants continue to encroach on their food crops. The elephants are now coming closer to the community.
According to the locals, the government, through the FDA should move quickly and intervene in order to prevent them from being harmed by the wild animals.
The residents say they encounter about six to eight elephants every day ravaging their crops and posing threat to their lives.
They also complained about the absence of state security in the area.
Kawelahun is a border town in Grand Cape Mount County closer to neighboring country, Sierra Leone.
