SHARED/ALTERNATIVE WATER POINTS Alternative water points provide safety to rural communities and their livestock that share the same water sources with elephants. This proactively allows both elephants and livestock to drink water without clashes.
The past few years have brought prolonged drought periods and water shortages.
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Elephants are attracted to the smell of water stored in villages and can break pipes, water tanks and storage units to access water.
This causes extreme financial losses and can leave people and their livestock without water for several days, increasing conflict and intolerance towards elephants. Vulnerable women and children can be negatively affected as they often have to collect water for the household.