Anti-poaching drive gets German support

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has urged the government to resume the anti-poaching campaign -- Operation Tokomeza -- to help in efforts to end the slaughter of elephants.

>Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism Lazaro Nyalandu has announced success in fighting poaching as the country has recorded zero elephant killing in the Selous Game Reserve in the past three months.

There have been a lot of heated debate on whether President Jakaya Kikwete has been taking any serious measures aimed at taming poaching.

Tanzania’s efforts to fight poaching received a boost of Sh8.6 billion worth of equipment from Howard G. Buffett Foundation (HGBF) to be used in conserving the country’s national parks.

The Wildlife Conservation Foundation of Tanzania (WCFT) yesterday donated three Land Cruisers worth Sh354,019,602 to the Wildlife Department for anti-poaching activities and wildlife conservation in the Selous Game Reserve.

Not all the funds allocated for a campaign against poaching wildlife are disbursed, the National Audit Office has said.

The Wildlife Conservation Foundation of Tanzania (WCFT) has put into practice what is known as Mwalimu Julius Nyerere’s Arusha manifesto on wildlife conservation.

A covert anti-poaching operation that began early this year in Katavi has found a Pentecostal Church involved in coordinating, storing and transporting ivory and arms.

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