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Stray Elephants Kill Ranger in Northern Uganda

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Stray elephants have killed a game ranger in the northern Ugandan district of Nwoya, state-owned conservation agency Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) said on Monday.

UWA said in a statement that the ranger Scot Guma was killed by a herd of elephants on Sunday as he and a group of other rangers tried to chase them back into Murchison Falls National Park after straying into community land.

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The conservation agency said Guma together with four colleagues had earlier promptly responded to a distress call that 30 elephants had escaped from the park and were destroying several gardens.

“While trying to scare/shoot them, the elephants charged back setting the team on the back-foot chase. As the rangers tried to flee for safety and re-organisation, Sergeant Guma unfortunately fell in a low cover ditch where they found and trampled on him leaving his body seriously injured” the statement said

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Guma who died while being rushed to Anaka for medical attention had been instrumental in helping to quell human wildlife conflict. (Xinhua)

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