(4 May 2025)
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Mago National Park, South Ethiopia region, Ethiopia – 16 April 2025
1. Various of rangers on patrol, looking through binoculars ++QUALITY AS INCOMING++
2. Wide of ranger team engaged in discussion during patrol
3. Aerial shot of Mago National Park
4. Various aerial shots of buffaloes roaming freely in park
5. Aerial shot of forest, elephants roaming through undergrowth
6. Mid of elephant
7. Aerial shot of Mago National Park
8. Wide of access road to Mago National Park
9. Mid of sign, reading "Welcome to MAGO NATIONAL PARK”
10. Various of Bami Haileyesus, ranger, patrolling Mago National Park ++QUALITY AS INCOMING++
11. SOUNDBITE (Amharic) Bami Haileyesus, ranger:
"We face many challenges, including attacks on wildlife, and beyond that, there are also attacks on rangers."
12. Various of Haileyesus continuing his patrol after noticing something unusual in park
13. SOUNDBITE (Amharic) Bami Haileyesus, ranger:
"Illegal wildlife poachers believe that rangers are the ones preventing them from accessing wild animals, including meat, ivory and tiger skins. As a result, they think that eliminating rangers is justified, which is why conflicts occur."
14. Various of Haileyesus during patrol
15. SOUNDBITE (Amharic) Bami Haileyesus, ranger:
"Poachers are battling us for ivory and other resources, resulting in the loss of many rangers’ lives. When I was recruited, I had three friends who were recruited with me, but now, I am the only one alive. They were tragically killed by poachers, and I survived with a wound on my hip."
16. Various of bones from animals killed by illegal poachers, displayed at museum in Mago National Park
17. Various of Haileyesus and Arbor Lele, head of the park, discussing anti-poaching work
18. SOUNDBITE (Amharic) Arbor Lele, head of Mago National Park:
"In Mago National Park, there was a tragic incident in 2021 when seven elephants were killed at once. It is deeply painful to see elephants targeted and killed. Unfortunately, some members of the local pastoral community kill these animals for the sake of fame. They also hunt animals like buffalo and giraffes, believing that those who kill such giants are regarded as heroes within the community."
19. Haileyesus and Lele
20. SOUNDBITE (Amharic) Arbor Lele, head of Mago National Park:
"Rangers dedicate their lives to protecting nature. As experts deeply connected to the natural environment, they risk their own lives to save animals. They are profoundly sensitive to the needs of wildlife and are committed to eliminating threats to their survival. Tragically, this dedication often makes them targets, resulting in their deaths from bullets fired from various directions as they strive to protect wild animals."
21. Pan of vehicle driving through Mago National Park
22. Various of rangers patrolling at sunset
STORYLINE:
LEADIN:
Wildlife at Ethiopia’s Mago National Park rely on a dedicated team of rangers to protect them.
But that sometimes puts rangers in poachers’ crosshairs, with tragic results.
STORYLINE:
Keeping Ethiopia’s wildlife safe. But at what cost to themselves?
Rangers at Mago National Park patrol this area every day.
Their task? To protect animals like the buffalo and elephants that roam this lush habitat.
But it’s a job fraught with danger.
Bami Haileyesus has been a ranger for 11 years.
"We face many challenges, including attacks on wildlife, and beyond that, there are also attacks on rangers," he says.
Rangers are the last line of defence between animals and the poachers that hunt them.
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