30/08/2026
As your incoming Member of Parliament,I am deeply concerned by reports and videos of residents approaching, chasing, shouting at or provoking elephants that stray into residential areas.
Please let us stop because this is dangerous.
An elephant is a wild animal, when frightened, surrounded or provoked, it can react unpredictably.
What may look like entertainment or an opportunity to take a video can quickly turn into tragedy.
Please!!
DO NOT CHASE THEM, DO NOT THROW OBJECTS AT THEM, DO NOT SHOUT AT THEM and DO NOT GET TOO CLOSE FOR PHOTOS OR VIDEOS.
Keep a safe distance, move away calmly, keep children indoors and immediately alert the relevant wildlife authorities.
Livingstone is a tourism city blessed with extraordinary wildlife, and our responsibility is to learn how to co-exist safely with it.
Below are wildlife emergency contacts and please save these numbers!!
Alec Cole β CATS Operations Manager:
+260 97 6012590
Catherine Hoy β Honorary Wildlife Police Officer:
+260 97 4763638
DNPW Southern Regional Office, Livingstone:
+260 213 321396
One careless action can cost a life, but one responsible decision can save one.
As we plan and work towards finding a lasting solution to the human -Animal conflict Let us protect our children, let us protect our communities and let us protect the elephants that make Livingstone one of the world's most remarkable wildlife and tourism destinations.
Gracious Mayangwa
Livingstone Central Constituency(MP)Elect