Tanzania lifts ban on wildlife exports

There are more than four million wild animals in Tanzania representing 430 different species and subspecies. The country houses some 20percent of Africa's large mammal population. Zebras, giraffes, elephants, wildebeest, buffaloes, hippos, antelopes and gazelles are common animals.

What you need to know:

  • In 2010, at least 116 animals and 16 birds, some of them protected species, were illegally exported from Kilimanjaro airport aboard a Qatari plane.