A Liwonde National Park game ranger, Ivano Banda, aged 28 has been killed after being run over by an angry Buffalo which he was trying to control, after it went out of the protected area.
Director of Parks and Wildlife Reserves, Brighton Kumchedwa has confirmed the development in a statement made available to faceofmalawi.
According to Kumchedwa, the newly recruited ranger together with another ranger accompanied a hunter, Alick Gondwe from Mangochi who was assigned to track down the animal which went out through Masanje camp.
“Facts are that a buffalo went out of the park in the area around Masanje Camp. Hunter, Alick Gondwe was assigned to respond to the report. The park assigned Ivano and another ranger to work with Gondwe. In the course of tracking the animal, it suddenly appeared from a Bush where it was hiding and charged at the officers.
“The hunter shot it but it didn’t die and ran back into the bush. Moments later it appeared from the back of officers and attacked Ivano and killed him. He was one of the rangers recruited recently by African Parks,” said Kumchedwa.
Meanwhile, the buffalo is still on the loose.
