Conservationists call for government effort to protect surviving wildlife in South Sudan
South Sudan armed conflict has devastated one of Africa’s largest animal migrations, yet another victim of an ongoing civil war marked by atrocities in which tens of thousands of people have been killed.
Both sides of South Sudan’s civil war have been accused of slaughtering wildlife including elephant, giraffe and antelope. Conservationists are now calling for government effort to protect the surviving animal population.
South Sudan wildlife remains at risk as the country’s armed conflict continue.
According to wildlife conservation society, tens of thousands of wildlife have been slaughtered by both sides to the country in South Sudan in the more that two-years war.
Poaching of elephants for ivory has also been on the rise.
As the country’s leaders seek an end to the fighting, little or no effort is being put to safeguard the wildlife.
Wildlife Conservationists are calling for relentless effort from South Sudan leaders to protect the remaining wildlife in South Sudan.
“Following the outbreak of conflict in December 2013 up to now there is escalation in poaching and trafficking bush meat and ivory. Not only that there is plundering of natural resources in protected areas and it becomes of grave concern to us”
South Sudan Wildlife authority says the current fighting in South Sudan has made it difficult to protect the wildlife.
South Sudan has one of Africa’s biggest wildlife. But their existence is being threatened by the recurrent armed conflict in the Country that has not only killed tens of thousand of civilian but also wildlife
CCTV’s Patrick Oyet reports.
