Anti-poaching tech introduced

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.

Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS) has donated 11 vehicles to the government of Tanzania in support of the anti-poaching efforts.

>Tanzania’s anti-poaching drive got a boost yesterday after the Wildlife Foundation Conservation of Tanzania (WFCT) donated five new vehicles worth Sh600 million.

>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.

>In a bid aimed at combating a serious threat of poaching in the Selous Game Reserve, the governments of the United States and Germany has transferred a significant amount of field equipment for use by Tanzanian game wardens patrolling the reserve.

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

A forensic laboratory opens in Kenya that will build up a DNA database of wild animals to help secure successful prosecutions of poachers

 Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism Hon. Lazaro Nyalandu (in a combat) together with Howard Buffett greets some of the staff of the Pasiansi Wildlife Training Institute upon their arrival at the institute yesterday.  US Billionaire Howard Buffett planting a tree at Pasiansi Wildlife Training Institute. Behind him is the Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism Hon. Lazaro Nyalandu. Howard Buffett smiles for having his tree planting exercise done at the institute.  Howard...