{Nyungwe National Park comprises a diversity of flora and fauna including chimpanzee, birds and plants.}
16 years ago, the park had an elephant but poachers in 1999 trapped and killed the only elephant of this ecosystem. The Skelton of this killed elephant is kept in the museum of the forest as part of preservation of history that the elephant existed in the forest.
Research is being done so seek whether another elephant can be introduced in Nyungwe National Park as explained by Rugerinyange Louis, the manager of Nyungwe National Park.
“Research carried out has identified the kind of elephant that can adapt to the climate of the park. It is not an elephant of dense forest” he said.
The research was carried in collaboration with Nyungwe National Park and Wildlife Conservation Society since 2005.
Rugerinyange says that the research findings outcomes are relayed to one of United States’ laboratories for evaluation.
Nyungwe National Park earned more than Rwf 200,000,000 in 2015.The reintroduction of the elephant is expected to boost revenues.
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