The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has started digging trenches around Murchison Falls National Park in the northwestern Uganda to keep elephants from straying into the nearby villages.
The action takes after the death of three men killed by elephants as of late in Oyam district.

“We are digging trenches around the Murchison Falls National Park to prevent the elephants from straying to the districts of Lamwo and Oyam,” said Raymond Engena, Uganda Wildlife Authority’s director of tourism and business partnership.
He clarified that the trenches will be dug covering the distance of 57km.

The elephants from the national park as of late strayed into Oyam region and killed three men and harmed a boy.
Their death has since initiated panic around the residents who are presently more careful about the potential danger posed by the wild animals.

Oyam South Woman MP Betty Amongi and the region leader beseeched UWA administration to likewise think about planting pepper and putting bee hives around the boundaries of park.
As stated by analysts, red pepper and the presence of bees scare away elephants.

The government is considering building an electric fence around the national park as a long haul solution for bar animals from straying into the gardens of people living close to Murchison Falls National Park.

This will be made possible when the funds are available and when there is constant power supply, as stated by the tourism minister Maria Mutagamba.

People living close to the national parks like Queen Elizabeth, Kidepo Valley and Murchison Falls National Parks and others have griped about animals wrecking their crops and request that government gives long-lasting solution to the problem.