
A local Professional Guide, Oaitse Nawa has formed a non-governmental organisation, Elephant Protection Society which strives to prevent deadly encounters between humans and elephants to reduce human wildlife conflicts. The organisation aims to create a pleasant environment between animals and humans to safeguard human life and conservations ideals. Nawa who hails from Boro village explains that the organization comes as the country and district continue to experience escalating human deaths caused by elephants, which they want to reverse. His organization plans to sensitize the community about elephant behavior, how people should behave when they come across wild animals and to promote co-existence. A local Safari guide advises people that one of the most critical things when they are in the jungle, they must always be alert and attentive than to relax as this will help them to see an elephant early enough to escape. Elephant protection society conducts some educational walk in the jungle and go to elephant territory so that people can experiment first hand information on how they behave and how they conduct themselves when an elephant charges at them. Nawa explains that the terrifying experience is very helpful but most of the people are not eager to…