Why Tanzania needs a smarter,all combating anti-poaching drive
Police officers inspect bags filled with seashells and elephant tusks. The consignment was seized at Malindi Port in Zanzibar recently, packed in a 40-ft container, ready for shipping. PHOTOS | FILE
What you need to know:
When the operation was suspended in the first week of November, 952 suspected poachers had already been arrested and 104 pieces of ivory seized
10,000; The number of weapons seized during the 1989/1990 Operation Uhai, a successful anti-poaching operation that was conducted in the Selous Game Reserve. About 700 poachers were arrested during the operation.
