6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.com

Hello this is 6 minute English from BBC learning English. I'm Neil and I'm Beth. Maybe the only good thing about COVID

lockdowns was the return of wildlife to our towns and cities. Birds, foxes and

deer were seen in the streets close to people's homes.

Of course, rubbing shoulders with animals, spending time with them, is amazing.

But imagine a hungry African elephant stumbling into your garden and eating your prize vegetables.

How would you stop it? It sounds unlikely, but that's exactly the problem faced by farmers in Africa.

Yes, as human populations increase, while natural habitats decline, people and animals are increasingly being forced to compete for space.

Wild animals can endanger humans when they break into their farms for food or water.

And people might be forced to attack or even kill these animals to defend their homes.

This situation, known as human wildlife conflict, is becoming more frequent, but in this program we'll be hearing about

ingenious farmers in Kenya who are keeping their food safe from hungry wild animals and

as usual we'll be learning some useful new vocabulary.

But first I have a question for you Beth.

Weighing around six tons a fully grown African elephant

needs to eat a lot every day.

But how much exactly?

Is it A, 50 kilograms of food per day?

B, 100 kilograms of food per day, or C, 150 kilograms of food per day.

Hmm, I'll guess an elephant eats 150 kilos of food a day.

Okay, Beth, we'll find out if that's the right answer at the end of the program.

Victor Ndomi is Food Security Officer for the Wildlife Charity Save the Elephants.

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