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Tanzania: Heads Should Really Roll to Ward Off Poachers
Daily News, 31 December 2013
ON Sunday, the government announced that at least 60 elephants were killed in less than two months, following the suspension of the controversial 'Operation Tokomeza' last month,… Read more »
Concerns Over Jumbo Killings In Tanzania
According to the government, at least 60 elephants have been killed in less that two months following the suspension of the controversial 'Operation Tokomeza'.
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Tanzania: Noose Tightened On Jumbo Exports
Daily News, 31 December 2013
THE government will instal special scanners at the ports to facilitate timely detection and confiscation of elephant tusks that are intended for export. Read more »
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Tanzania: New SOS After 60 Tuskers Killed
Daily News, 30 December 2013
SIXTY elephants have been killed in less than two months after the controversial 'Operation Tokomeza' was suspended last month and the government plans to seek international… Read more »
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Tanzania: Elephant Deaths Spike in Tanzania After Anti-Poaching Campaign Halted
Sabahi, 30 December 2013
At least 60 elephants have been killed in Tanzania in the two months since the government was forced to halt a controversial anti-poaching operation, Deputy Natural Resources and… Read more »
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Tanzania: Train Passenger Arrested With Ivory
Daily News, 29 December 2013
DESPITE improved surveillance systems in the country, the poaching of trophies is not subsiding. Read more »
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Tanzania: Ex-Minister Takes Swipe At Poaching
Daily News, 16 December 2013
THE campaign to control the wanton killing of elephants and rhinos that the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism initiated in the recent past but temporarily suspended should… Read more »
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Tanzania: Research Cautions On Widening Man-Beast Conflict in Serengeti
Daily News, 14 December 2013
THE man-animal conflict at the Serengeti National Park is expected to rise as pressure on land grows. Tanzania has one of the fastest growing human populations in the world. Read more »
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Tanzania: Poaching Annoys Dodoma, Iringa RCS
Daily News, 9 December 2013
MEMBERS of the public have been requested to volunteer information on the presence of poachers in their communities, so as to curb wanton killing of wild animals at Ruaha National… Read more »
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Africa: France Steps Up Fight Against Ivory Poaching
RFI, 6 December 2013
France is to burn three tonnes of ivory as part of the fight against poaching. Paris pledged to destroy its ivory stocks and increase fines on traffickers of endangered species.… Read more »
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Africa: Elephants Are the Latest Conflict Resource
Africa Renewal, 4 December 2013
An average of about 45 elephants per day were illegally killed in 2011 in every two of five protected sites holding elephant populations in Africa, thanks to the growing illegal… Read more »
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Tanzania: Ivory and Illegal Timber Seized in Interpol-Coordinated Operation Across Africa
UNEP, 2 December 2013
Month-long operation involving wildlife enforcement officers, forest authorities, park rangers, police and customs officers identifies major networks involved in the smuggling of… Read more »
InFocus
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Conservationists have warned that widespread ivory poaching is wiping out Africa’s elephant herds and that unless governments and international organizations enact harsher ... Read more »
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The parliamentary committee on natural resources is mulling whether to engage the National Assembly in forming a select committee that will investigate increased cases of poaching. Read more »
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In the face of an operation that has unearthed millions worth of product of illicit hunting, the Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism Hamis Kagasheki has urged the government ... Read more »
