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Over 25,000 livestock belonging to over 1000 households within the Tarangire-Manyara ecosystem are being vaccinated against infections in efforts to protect the adjoining Wildlife corridor from possible eruption of diseases.
Consignment of PPR vaccines for livestock being presented by Pastor Magingi, the programme manager for the African Wildlife Foundation in Tanzania (C) to Monduli District executive director Kaiza Victor (L) at the Manyara ranch yesterday as Lemaly Sigir Ole Kibinti (R) who presented local communities in the area looks on. Photo: Correspondent Marc Nkwame
Administered through the Manyara Ranch, the 30,000 vaccine doses target to safeguard mostly goats and sheep in the precinct, from the deadly ‘Peste des Petits Ruminants,’ (PPR) virus which according to veterinary experts, usually cause sheep and goats plague.