Wildlife conservation foundation lauds Dar’s anti-poaching drive

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.

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

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.

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) 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.

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