Park rangers have shot dead a rampaging elephant which killed three people and injured several others in northwestern Benin. A local organisation skinned the huge animal, before hacking up its meat to distribute to villagers in the town of Kandi. A statement signed by Christophe Lemee, the director of one of the area's national parks, said that rangers killed 'a marauding elephant' in Kandi on April 27. Park rangers have shot dead a rampaging elephant which killed three people and injured several others in northwestern Benin. The animal was shot and killed by a team of forestry workers and rangers from African Parks, a South African NGO that runs the reserves, France24 reported.

Source: Daily Mail May 19, 2021 11:20 UTC