Two elephants, male and female, have been gunned down at Tuluwe, a suburb of Central Gonja in the Savannah Region and their meat allegedly shared among households.

Some residents around Fufulso and Tuluwe alleged that the animals are from the Mole National Park, a major tourist site.

According to them, the two wildlife escaped from the park alongside, a baby elephant and were monitored until they disappeared into the deep forest, and later reappeared in Tuluwe where they were killed.

A resident in Fufulso told our news team that officials from, "Mole National Park were here yesterday [Wednesday] to tell us about the elephants from their park and pleaded we send word across to them if we see them. So, when I heard about what happened at Tuluwe, I informed them. But the meat was shared among the locals in Tuluwe," the source alleged.

Information available to Myjoyonline indicates that the animals parted ways with the baby elephant and crossed the White Volta River through Yapei before entering Tuluwe where they were killed.

The Mole National Park Manager, Mahama Ali was unsure if the animals were indeed from the park.

"Yes, we got information about the incident and it's about 100 km away from Mole. So, we are not sure the animals may be from Mole but that area is also, quite close to Bimbila, Damongo, probably, they are coming from Northern Togo to this part of the country," he indicated.

"So, I'm not very sure where the elephants are coming from but what I can confirm, is, I don't believe they are from here", Mahama Ali said.

He, however, said he has deployed a seven-member team to Tuluwe to investigate the matter.