Tanzania is seeking reviewing wildlife legislation to impose stiffer regulations and penalties against wildlife poachers and ivory smugglers, a senior government official said on Saturday. Lazaro Nyalandu, Tanzania’s Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, disclosed the new development in Arusha when speaking alongside the ongoing regional summit on stopping wildlife crime and advancing wildlife conservation. The summit, which involves delegates from nine countries was meant to extensively discuss strategies and approaches towards scaling down elephant and other wildlife poaching. “Elephant poaching is very serious, that’s why we are planning to bolster current lenient sentences for convicted wildlife poachers or ivory smugglers to scale down elephant and other wild animal killings,” said Nyalandu. “Our wildlife laws are outdated and need to be reviewed for greater protection of wild animals as well as penalizing heavily people who will be behind poaching incidents in its national parks and game reserves,” the minister said, adding that “We are determined to fight poachers at all levels to save wild animals in our wildlife sanctuaries.” According to him, legal expert from the ministry have started working on the matter before developing the bill that is to be taken to the National Assembly for approval.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 06:30:26 +0000
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