Ugandans kill migrating storks in desperation for food
- Residents in Ayoreri village kill migrating large birds and other forbidden fowl.
- They resort to this practice because unpredictable weather destroyed their food crops.
- Locals feel they have no alternative despite facing potential heavy fines.
- An estimated 3,000 storks have been consumed by villagers since this year began, and Cherop called birds the "only source of protein".
- This provides needed sustenance but highlights effects of crop failure and climate change.
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Desperation Drives Ugandans to Poison Protected Migratory Birds Amid Hunger Crisis - TV360 Nigeria
In the remote village of Ayoreri, near Uganda’s border with Kenya, a heartbreaking scene unfolds with each passing migration season. Thousands of white storks—majestic, long-legged birds that soar across continents—are being hunted not for sport, but for survival. As climate change reshapes the agricultural landscape, leaving dry, cracked fields where crops once thrived, communities are resorting to increasingly desperate measures. Among them is…
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