The residents in Harar feed the hyenas and now this has become a popular tourist attraction as well.
In the video you can see that the children are also getting friendly with them.
According to the report by The Independent, this tradition dates back to the 19th century, when local farmers started offering the hyenas food so they wouldn’t eat their livestock.
Over the year a mutual relationship has developed between animals and human residents of the city. They have become familiar with them to let people feed them meat off a stick
“If we stop for a while the hyena would get hungry and they might destroy our property or attack our goats and cattle and eat them,” says one of the farmer in the video.
Another says a certain porridge they feed the hyenas can be used to predict that year’s weather.
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