Man survives lion, elephant attacks
Frank Limbo is one of the people who are lobbying the British government not to enact the Hunting Trophies (Importation Prohibition) Bill as he is one of the several people directly affected by the human an wildlife conflict in the Chobe region where dangerous animal outnumber humans.
He reveals that he has lived through two attacks from wild animals. In one of the instances, he was attacked by a lion in 2004 in Satau located in the Chobe District but miraculously survived.
Narrating the ordeal to The Midweek Sun, he said on that fateful morning his neighbours had mentioned seeing fresh paw prints of lions at their cattle post. Whilst tracking where the prints were leading to, they suddenly saw his dog sprinting back from the far front towards him.
It took them a moment to realise that his dog was being chased by a lion and by the time they realised this, it had already pounced on him.
Limbo said that after the lion knocked him down his intuition told him to lift his legs as to prevent the lion from grabbing his neck. As he was struggling with the lion, the other farmers attacked it with axes and other weapons that they had.
Fortunately, he survived the attack and had to spend almost two months in a hospital. All that remains are scars from the attack and metal plates that have replaced bones in certain parts of his body.
In 2015 Limbo and his family were working in the field when he was attacked by angry elephants. He said that whilst walking through the field, the elephants charged at him and he ran into some moselesele trees to try protect himself.
Unfortunately, one of the elephants was able to stab him with its tusk on the leg and what followed was another lengthy two-month hospital stint.
His plea is that the hunting ban bill must not be enacted as overpopulation of wild animals endangers the lives of people. This, he knows because he has lived to tell the tale.
He was one of the multitudes from communities living alongside wildlife throughout Botswana that participated in peaceful demonstrations on Tuesday and delivered a petition to the British High Commission.