The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 13th, 2003
Elephants, farmers battle over fertile ground surrounding Mount Kenya
Shrinking forest, growing cropland create competition for food
By ANDREW ENGLAND Associated Press
Sunday, July 13, 2003
Mount Kenya, Kenya -- Three days after an elephant gored and trampled a farmer to death, game wardens tracked down the huge bull - - whom they'd nicknamed Osama -- and fired nine .458-caliber bullets into his hulking frame.
Osama and farmer Martin Kagwe were the latest victims of the spiral of corruption and destruction in the forest that surrounds snowcapped Mount Kenya.
The elephant's crime was burs...
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