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09:08, July 09, 2007 |
Kenyan wildlife officials said Sunday they have arrested seven professional Tanzanian hunters and their local guide after they were found hunting illegally in the country's Tsavo West National Park.
A statement from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said an ambush laid by rangers at Koranze in Taita Taveta District also recovered a number of firearms and ammunition.
"The KWS rangers who had laid an ambush at Koranze also recovered three powerful sporting firearms, 43 rounds, two powerful spotlights, a panga, a knife and assorted foodstuffs in the Saturday 3 p.m. incident,"said KWS Communication Manager Paul Udoto.
KWS special operations personnel have stepped up security along the international boundary having lost several elephants to poachers in the recent months.
The Tsavo West National Park incident is the second involving professional hunters straying across the border to shoot wildlife in Kenya.
Several incidents where KWS rangers have exchanged fire with Tanzanian poaching gangs leading to the recovery of many weapons and the elimination of several gangs have been reported.
The hunters cross over from Mkomazi Reserve in Tanzania where hunting is legal into Koranze area in Taita Taveta District.
"These incursions could be a result of a lack of wildlife in many parts of Tanzania caused by abused licensed hunting," said Udoto.
Kenyan officials believe that these incursions could be as a result of a dwindling wildlife stock in many parts of Tanzania caused by abused licensed hunting.
Source: Xinhua
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