Sat, 24 Feb 2018 09:23:55 +0000 By OLIVER SAMBOKO A WOMAN and her daughter are battling for their lives in Kariba district hospital in Zimbabwe after they were attacked by a lion on Wednesday night in Mola area. According to the police, the victims, Annie Makoni and her nine-year -old daughter from Dhobe village, under chief Mola, were on their way to a police post in the area to report a case when they were attacked by a lone lion. Animal-human conflicts has increased around Lake Kariba due to human encroachment in game reserve areas. Recently, Department of National Parks and Wildlife officers in Siavonga district gunned down a lion that was terrorizing villagers and their livestock in lower Zambezi area. And Chief Mola’s wife a Ms Mazhambe said people in the area were living in fear following the attacks. She said a day earlier the same lion had mauled and killed Chief Mola’s cow […]
