Abeiku Santana Condemns Killing of Mole Park Elephants

Abeiku Santana talks about tourism.

Broadcaster, Abeiku Santana describes the “shame” of the killing of elephants at Mole National Park. This is one of Ghana’s tourism sites in the north.

Furthermore, some youth from Laribanga killed two elephants that had strayed into the community. The elephants were from the Mole National Game Reserve.

Moreover, according to reports, they attacked some officials from the Wildlife Division. Also, they snatched a weapon from one of the forest guards who had gone to the scene where the two elephants were killed.

The community members were angry because they claimed the elephants destroyed their farmlands. Therefore, they killed the two elephants and decided to share the meat.

However, Santana condemned the killings.

According to him, the unfortunate incident is a shame to Ghana’s tourism industry. Also, it shows the high level of ignorance and poor conservation policies in Ghana. He made these statements on a post on Instagram

Abeiku Santana’s comments on the killing of elephants

“I’m saddened and it’s a shame to Ghana’s wildlife tourism. This tells you the high level of ignorance and poor conservation policies we have in Ghana. STOP killing elephants, endangered species in Ghana.” 

Also, he stated that it was a shared responsibility for ‪Ministry of Tourism, Culture & Creative Arts, Ministry of Lands Ministry of Local Government and their implementing agencies such as Forestry Commission, Ghana Wildlife Services, Ghana Tourism Authority, district assemblies, progressive youth groups , churches, civil societies, traditional and opinion leaders to help stop such incidents.