2021-01-25 14:35:15 GMT2021-01-25 22:35:15(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
DAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) Tanzanian police said on Monday they have arrested three suspected poachers in the country s southern region of Ruvuma with illegal possession of 20 kilograms of elephant tusks.
Simon Maigwa, the Ruvuma regional police commander, said the suspected poachers were arrested by police in collaboration with game rangers from the Tanzania Wildlife Management Authority. They were arrested on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. (local time) in the Songea municipality, Maigwa told a news conference, adding that the tusks were wrapped in plastic bags. The seized tusks were an equivalent to killing two elephants, said the police official, adding that relevant authorities were working to establish the value of the tusks.
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January 25th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Narok Governor Samuel Tunai with Brian Heath, CEO Mara Conservancy during the Greater Serengeti Society meeting at Mara Serena, Masai Mara on Saturday. [Courtesy]
Kenya and Tanzania will conduct a joint cross-border count of rhinos and other large mammals in the shared Mara-Serengeti ecosystem.
The census is one of the resolutions reached by a joint meeting of tourism industry players from the two countries at the Mara Serena Safari Lodge that has been sitting for the last three days.
The meeting dubbed the Greater Serengeti Society platform and chaired by the chairperson of the Tourism and Natural Resources Management Committee Samuel Tunai deliberated on the successes made so far in the conservation of the Greater Serengeti ecosystem, as well as existing challenges and interventions needed.