by Adam Cruise | Mar 25, 2022 | News
By Mmegi Online Tourism Minister Damas Ndumbaro said successful hunters would be allowed to kill aged elephants, lions and other big game considered unproductive. The East African country is aiming to raise $30m (£23) from the auction. About 25% of the proceeds will...
by Adam Cruise | Jul 17, 2020 | News
By Anne Robi, Daily News via AllAfrica Killing of elephants in Ruaha National Park have dropped from 30 in 2014/2015 to two in 2019/2020, the park’s Law Enforcement and Security Strategy Officer, Mr David Mlay has said. He told a delegation from Journalists...
by Adam Cruise | Jun 19, 2020 | News
By The Daily News Elephant and rhino populations in Tanzania have begun to tremendously bounce back, President John Pombe Magufuli has said. Moving a speech to dissolve the Parliament in Dodoma on Tuesday, Dr Magufuli said the number of jumbos roaming national...
by Adam Cruise | May 29, 2020 | News
By Muthoni Waweru, Capital News The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has deployed more than 50 community wildlife rangers from Kenya and Tanzania to conduct a joint border patrol to avert cases of poaching. The agency’s Regional Director for East Africa...
by Adam Cruise | Apr 19, 2020 | News
By IPP Media Once, it was elephants that were listed as belonging to an endangered species. Then it was reported that rhinos and cheetahs were also in for hell. Much later, we were warned that hippopotami were the new target for poachers largely owing to suggestions...