/ 24 October 2000

FENCES AFFECT BOTSWANA GAME

THE numbers of certain wildlife species in tourist-popular northwestern Botswana are dropping because animals are being trapped in fences erected to control disease. The decline in animal numbers could threaten tourism in the area, said a report. Attacks by carnivorous animals on herbivores trapped against the fences, as well as poaching, are among other factors affecting animal numbers. – AFP