TOURISM Minister Princess Kasune has disclosed that the country has recorded 83 deaths and 77 injuries from human-wildlife conflicts this year. Giving a ministerial statement in the National Assembly, Tuesday, Kasune revealed that the country had recorded 8,406 cases of human-wildlife conflict as of September 2026. “The country has in the last five years witnessed fluctuations towards the decline trend in human-wildlife conflict incidences and injuries. Human-wildlife conflict incidences declined from 21,442 recorded in 2022 to 16,512 in 2025. Similarly, injuries declined from 293 recorded in 2021 to 123 in 2025 whereas as fluctuations were recorded in fatalities recording an increase from 101 deaths in 2021 to 127 in 2025. The record of human-wildlife conflict incidences as at September, 2026...