Francis Kamau flaunts an enormous homestead in the wonderful Laikipia Province fields in Kenya. Every year as he readies his property for the following harvest season, an irritating inquiry won't leave his mind: "Will my yield endure an elephant assault?"
Kamau, who lives in Mathira town close to the Laikipia west conservancy, holds bringing about tremendous misfortunes because of the wild creatures that uninhibitedly wander nearby, particularly around evening time.
Also, not just the harvests are at serious risk. The creatures additionally kill individuals and domesticated animals who coincidentally find their way.
The elephants approach my ranch and stand on the opposite side of the wall. Like yesterday they cut the wall, fortunately, they didn't enter my homestead, Kamau tells RFI.
He takes note of that the wild animal intrusion makes the ranchers misfortunes as well as leads tension, injury and general food uncertainty.
The elephants come in their hundreds annihilating walls, breaking trees, water tanks, yields and even undermine people and different animals says rancher and entrepreneur Douglas Bolton.
Bolton, in any case, faults the public authority for not sufficiently supporting the Kenya Untamed life Administration (KWS).
Despite the fact that we see the work of the KWS, the association is exceptionally underfunded in contrast with its order. It needs to cover large regions and on occasion it is challenging to follow a solitary raiding elephant for six days,he says.
'Brilliant' answer for elephants
The human-natural life struggle in the space may before long be a relic of times gone by after the public authority and non-legislative associations introduced a shrewd computerized wall to ward off the elephants as well as other untamed life.
The brilliant wall is outfitted with present day innovation, for example, cameras and sensors to screen the development of animals, keeping them from annihilating ranches. It is fueled by sun oriented energy.
The presentation of this wall has had the universe of effect on Alice Mukami. She says she can develop her little plot of land in harmony.
In the past when we didn't have this wall, we were definitely disapproving of wild animals particularly elephants," says Mukami, who has lived on her homestead for around 50 years.
On the off chance that one elephant sets its foot in the homestead, it annihilates everything. Be that as it may, presently we are appreciative in light of the fact that we have extended our fields.
She expresses that before the establishment of the wall, she used to develop maize and potatoes, which could be annihilated by the elephants. Presently she has extended her homestead to incorporate tomatoes and beans.
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