Poaching on Kenya-Tanzania border a security threat
Amboseli Senior Warden Kenneth ole Nashio addressing wildlife stakeholders in Taveta on February 9, 2017. Rangers from Kenya and Tanzania said increased poaching is posing a security threat along the border of the two countries. PHOTO | LUCY MKANYIKA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Stakeholders from the two countries said poaching has threatened to wipe out endangered species from national parks.
Wildlife organisations urged to stop relying only on donor agencies to fund conservation activities.
Komolo urged governments to set aside enough budgets to fund wildlife protection activities.
Cross-border rangers from Kenya and Tanzania say increased poaching is posing a security threat along the border of the two countries.
Speaking at Green Park hotel in Taveta, Taita Taveta County, during the Kilimanjaro landscape cross-border wildlife security meeting, stakeholders from the two countries said poaching has also threatened to wipe out endangered animal species from national parks.
