Thanks for the great work you are doing to save, conserve and protect OUR African beauty and treasure for OUR future generations. I believe that economic development and environmental conservation are mutually inclusive endeavors for a better future for all of us. I support your work at the Masai Mara Wildlife Reserve and I will make your efforts and initiatives known to my friends here in the USA and the West. Keep it up and know that you have our support.

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Thank you,

Daniel Mutai

Sauwah and Seinlife- Your comments are so noble, but most of these poachers are from the neighbouring Tanzania. I got some informations that TANAPA, the authority managing all the parks, has been changing most of the poachers to be village scouts. Their main duty is collecting informations on poachers`movements, then reportinig to the nearest Ranger posts for action. They also investigate the trading of any game meat in their respective villages and then report to Game Division officials in their areas. So since their engagement is sometimes not fulltime, it is not easy to monitor. Most of them are not trusted persons and therefore can still engage in illegal activities.

I think it is also very difficult because many people are engaged in poaching despite all these efforts. The authority in Kenya is providing some crucial projects like schools, water and dispensaries to all the communities living along the parks.So i believe there`s no reason why these people still kill wildlife for sale. They stop it and appreciate wildlife as a profitable natural resource, which i believe it is.