NEWS
When animals attack’farms
By Michelle Diament and Kim Holton | Oct. 11, 2001Snares, poison, trenches and guards'the artillery of an ongoing war in Africa. Farmers working the land near a national park in western Uganda are fighting a constant battle to prevent animals from raiding their property, a situation to which a growing number of Wisconsin farmers can relate. A UW-Madison scientist has uncovered which animals are raiding what and where as wel as how local people feel about unwillingly sharing their food with wildlife.