In a tourist facility in Uganda, in Queen Elizabeth National Park, three lionesses died from electrocution against a fence in a loft that, with a low voltage, was supposed to secure tourists and scare the felines with light shocks, but killed them
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Queen Elizabeth National Park is one of the most visited tourist destinations in Uganda which, with its almost 2000 km² of extension and its reserves, covers a whole series of different ecosystems from savannah to rainforests which are home to about 100 different species of mammals and 600 of birds.
A vast and very rich habitat which, aspiring to protect its guests and the conservation of specimens at risk of extinction, however, it does not give up a series of tourist activities to attract more and more visitors. Among these day and night games in nature, musical performances and the opportunity to stay inside the park among lions, hippos and giraffes in safari loft acting from an electrified network.
All solutions that, let's face it, are not fully (if at all) respectful of the animals that populate these reserves which are consequently unable to move in certain areas because they have been stolen and destined for tourists.
And in fact, just near one of these safari lofts, a tragedy took place when a lioness and her two young were found dead a few days ago near a fence, surely electrocuted by it. However, there is still no announcement from the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) which manages the Park.
It is not the first time that such episodes at the expense of large predators take place inside the Queen Elizabeth due to a human - lion conflict that recurs over time. In March of last year, 6 lions died from poisoning while in 2018 another 11 deaths were killed with the same technique. Of these 8 were puppies.
According to the Wildlife Conservation Society, in Uganda, lion populations would have been decimated by 30% in ten years. And the blame for all this is not to be attributed only to poaching, but also to mass tourism and to those who, in order to profit from it, are ready to upset any environment and kill any living being directly or not.
Source: Africanews
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