Tanzania to impose tougher penalties against wildlife poachers

Tanzania to impose tougher penalties against wildlife poachers
Coastweek
ARUSHA, Tanzania (Xinhua) -- Tanzania is seeking reviewing wildlife legislation to impose stiffer regulations and penalties against wildlife poachers and ivory smugglers, a senior government official said on Saturday. Lazaro Nyalandu, Tanzania's Minister for ...
Diplomatic indignation in ivory rowMail & Guardian Online

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10 years ago

IPPmedia

24 Sep

Tougher penalties recommended for violations of traffic rules

IPPmedia
Tougher penalties recommended for violations of traffic rules
IPPmedia
Toughening traffic laws is the most effective way to curb increasing road accidents which claim numerous lives every year, raise national medical expenses and deny the country much needed manpower. Speaking to press at the onset of the week in Arusha ...

 

11 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: Drones homing in on wildlife poachers

Civilian drones are being tested across Africa's game reserves in a hi-tech battle with poachers threatening the continent's wildlife tourism industry.

 

5 years ago

One Green Planet

14 Mar

Rare White Giraffe and Her Calf Were Killed by Poachers at a Wildlife Sanctuary

Rare White Giraffe and Her Calf Were Killed by Poachers at a Wildlife Sanctuary  One Green PlanetWas a Rare White Giraffe Killed by Poachers in Kenya?  Snopes.comCHaD organizer Tom Gauthier discusses lack of spectators at tonight's Battle of Badges game  WMUR ManchesterThe Last Giraffes on Earth  The AtlanticTwo of the last white giraffes on Earth were slaughtered by poachers  Valley News LiveView Full coverage on Google News

 

5 years ago

WGN TV Chicago

11 Mar

Rare white giraffes — a mother and her calf — killed by poachers at Kenyan wildlife sanctuary

Rare white giraffes — a mother and her calf — killed by poachers at Kenyan wildlife sanctuary  WGN TV ChicagoPoachers kill rare white giraffe in Kenya  The East AfricanKenya's rare white giraffes killed by poachers  The TelegraphRare white giraffes killed by poachers in Kenya  BBC NewsPoachers Kill Two Extremely Rare White Giraffes In Kenya  LADbibleView Full coverage on Google News

 

9 years ago

The Sunday Times

25 Oct

Tanzania election has poachers' guns cocked

The Sunday Times
Tanzania election has poachers' guns cocked
The Sunday Times
OFFICIALS involved in a wave of arrests that have transformed the fight against elephant poaching in Tanzania have warned today's presidential election could reverse hard-won gains against traffickers. Members of an elite anti-poaching unit backed by ...

 

11 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

23 Apr

Convicted Poachers Freed On Appeal in Tanzania

Convicted Poachers Freed On Appeal in Tanzania
AllAfrica.com
A Tanzanian appeals court has ordered the release of two convicted poachers from jail and overturned their conviction on two of four counts, Tanzania's Daily News reported Monday (April 21st). Emanuel Saguda, also known as Sulukuka, and Sahili ...
Appeal Court frees alleged poachersDaily News

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10 years ago

ITV News

25 Mar

Poachers devastating Tanzania's elephant population

ITV News
Poachers devastating Tanzania's elephant population
ITV News
There are few more dangerous places on earth for elephant than Ruaha in central Tanzania. Over the past year, poachers have had a devastating impact. They've killed thousands of elephants. It is slaughter at an unprecedented rate. Our guide, Zacharia ...

 

10 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

27 Oct

Tanzania: 10000 Elephants Killed Annually By Poachers

Tanzania: 10000 Elephants Killed Annually By Poachers
AllAfrica.com
Tanzania last week reiterated its call to the international community to ban trade on ivory and rhino products in order to counter the escalating poaching of the critically endangered animals. The leading markets of the animal trophies, notably China, Japan, the ...

 

10 years ago

Huffington Post

03 Jun

Tanzania Has Lost 60 Percent Of Its Elephants To Poachers In 5 Years

Huffington Post
Tanzania Has Lost 60 Percent Of Its Elephants To Poachers In 5 Years
Huffington Post
85,181. That number represents -- sorry, represented -- nearly 60 percent of Tanzania's elephant population. But over the past five years, more than 80,000 of the country's elephants have been slaughtered for their ivory in yet another sign humanity could ...
Decline of Elephants in Tanzania Is Catastrophic, Activists SayU.S. News & World Report
Decline of Tanzanian elephants due to poaching is...

 

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