Malanding:

You are absolutely right.  The bushmen in kiang are at it again.  Perhaps we need to call on the Baddibunkas to help their neighbours.  Goat, sheep, or cow meat is hard to come by to these folks.  Please help them before they turn on to their own cousins.

Lamin

>From: Malanding Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Hyenas threaten Kiang villages
>Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 23:33:33 -0400
>
>If you ask a knowledgeable Baddibunka on the other side of the
>river, he
>would say the hyenas are no other than some Kiang folks looking for
>free
>sheep and goat meat. Of course no Kiang ka would ever accept that
>theory.
>
>I guess a more relevant question would be, are the affected
>villagers
>living dangerously in hyena territory (encroachment) or these are
>hungry, desperate hyenas with almost every antelop and bushpig (most
>favoured prey) hunted out of existence?
>In any case a careful analysis of the problem is required given that
>these villages are next to the country's largest National Park.
>
>Malanding
>
>
>
>Hyenas threaten Kiang villages
>By Lamin Dibba
>Apr 2, 2005, 08:07
>
>Residents of some villages in the Kiang West district have been
>recently
>gripped by terror following alleged attack of hyenas warranting
>residents to put scarecrow in their compounds, impeccable sources
>told
>the Daily Observer.
>
>According to sources, the people of the villages of Jali, Keneba,
>Kantong Kunda, Kuli Kunda are scared to venture in the outskirts of
>their villages after dusk for fear of attack by hyenas.
>
>“Villagers of Keneba and Jali frequently hear the cry of hyenas in
>the
>night. They even come into the village and attack sheep and goats.
>This
>is why people have put up scarecrows in their back and front yards
>to
>deter the hyenas from entering their homes. Foot travel during the
>dark
>between the villages have ceased now,” a resident of Keneba said.
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