Tanzania dismantles 95 poaching syndicates: Minister
Xinhua
June 4, 2021
DAR ES SALAAM: Tanzanian wildlife authorities told parliament on Friday
that they dismantled 95 poaching syndicates in the east African nation in
the 2020/2021 financial year.
Damas Ndumbaro, the Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, said 302
poaching attempts were thwarted across the country's wildlife-protected
areas during the same period.
Ndumbaro made the remarks when he tabled his ministry's budget proposals
for the 2021/2022 financial year in parliament in the capital Dodoma. He
said a 2020 aerial elephant census revealed that the number of elephants in
the Serengeti ecological system increased from 6,087 in 2014 to 7,061 in
2020.
"Measures aimed at eliminating poaching included beefing up patrols and
reinforcement of communications in wildlife protected areas," the minister
told the House, adding that the government has reduced poaching by 90
percent.
Meanwhile, Ndumbaro said authorities are continuing with efforts aimed at
eliminating invasive plant species which are hazardous to wild animals in
wildlife-protected areas.
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/africa/2021-06/04/c_139989630.htm