HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT IN MAHIGA ‘B’ VILLAGE OF NYERI DISTRICT, KENYA

HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT IN MAHIGA ‘B’ VILLAGE OF NYERI DISTRICT, KENYA

Trap for yellow-necked spur fowl. Inside is a trapped yellow-necked spur fowl.
The white granules are maize seeds laid in as bait.

The trunk of a dead elephant tied on a tree
in an attempt to deter elephants from a farm.

Farm fence damaged by elephants. In the foreground is
germinating wheat that was trampled by elephants

A wheat farm after a night of elephant invasion

Maize germinating on a nursery to outgrow the stages at which Yellow-necked
spur fowl attack before being transplanted to the farm

Certified maize seeds laced with carbon from used dry cell
before planting to deceive Yellow-necked spur fowl

Food aid ready for distribution to victims of crop raiding by elephants

Villagers awaiting food aid as a result of losing crops to elephants

Cape rook searching for sowed maize seeds on a farm