Talk:Akagera National Park

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Slightly related to this article, but funny as hell, especially the paragraph below. [ http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/4514294.stm]

The first sign he's feeling aggressive is that he flaps his ears - the second is that he sends clouds of dust up into the air and the third sign is when he stamps his foot on the ground. "When that happens you'd better get out of the area," Mr Muhizi concluded.

Disappointing

This article is disappointing in that it has almost nothing to say about the period of the park before the Rwandan civil war of 1991-94. In the decades before that, Akagera was one of the most amazing national parks in Africa. I visited it repeatedly in the years 1984-89; though small, in diversity and accessibility to wildlife it was on a par with the best, and more untouched than most. Admittedly facilities were lacking - which may account for its level of diversity. It’s destruction during, and especially after the war, with animals being deliberately wiped out prior to de-gazetting about 60% of the original park, was an ecological crime of the first magnitude. And it wasn’t just poor settling farmers who were responsible. I visited what remained of it again in 2016; the amount of wildlife visible despite re-introductions was a poor shadow of the park as it was. The article is correct on the diversity of habitat; it is the diversity and quantity of inhabitants that is lacking. Ptilinopus (talk) 04:10, 22 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Instead of complaining about the lacking info in this page : ADD it!! Since you are so knowledgeable about this PA, I'm sure you have reliable sources at your disposal. I look forward to read it. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 07:27, 22 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]