Jul 07 2008
Kortom tells me that another poacher was caught yesterday by our rangers at Kokakuria in Serengeti. Rangers found two new snares, made the arrest, and then found a further five - collecting seven snares in total. The man was also carrying a sword and a spear.
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Jul 05 2008
The six poachers and Warden Kortom
Warden Kortom is next to me. He and his men have just come back from patrol with six poachers. Here is his report on the happenings:
Early in the morning, at around 6:30am rangers from Serena, Ngiro-are and Mara Bridge went to patrol Balangoga near Sunni Lugga where the many wildebeest have been passing and not far from where rangers caught the three poachers yesterday.
Rangers patrolled the area for two and a half hours, and came across three wire snares, one wildebeest, still alive, caught by a snare, and one already dead, and the third around the tree, without an animal. We also came across a huge male elephant, that we think died 3-4 days ago but it looks like natural causes. We called the Tanzanian rangers to come and remove the ivory tusks.
We then caught six poachers near Balangoga river with 15 wire snares. They had arrived in the morning today, after travelling the whole night, and so it is fortunate we caught them early as not one animal had yet been snared by the men. The men were carrying bhangi, one spear, one sword, three bows with three poisoned arrows, and cooking utensils. The men will shortly be taken to Tanzania for prosecution by the courts there.
Jul 04 2008
Questionnaire #2
Village:
Level of Education: Not educated
Marital Status: Married
Tribe: Age: 49
1. What wildlife species do you mostly hunt?
Wildebeest and Thomson Gazelles
2. How often do you hunt?
Weekly
3. What are the reasons for you to hunt?
Protein source, income, and lack of food at home.
4. Who are your main customers?
People in the village.
5. What is your mode of selling bushmeat?
House to house.
6. Which specific areas do you sell bush meat?
7. Which season do you mostly prefer to hunt?
Dry Season (June - November)
8. What time do you prefer to hunt?
Night.
9. How has the hunt and success rate change over the past five years.
Difficult, and less successful.
10. What happens when you’re caught?
Taken to court.
11. What tools do you commonly use for hunting?
Bow & Arrow, Dogs, Snares and Spears.
12. How do you transport bushmeat from hunting site to the village?
Using head.
13. How much do you sell a kilogram of bushmeat?
200 Kenyan Shillings (US $3.30)
14. Please name the places that illegal hunting for bushmeat occurs?
15. What health implications have you known related to bushmeat consumption?
Stomach complications and Malaria complications.
16. Are there any wildlife conservation awareness programs in your area?
Yes.
17. If yes, how often.
Quarterly
18. Have you ever been arrested?
No.
19. If yes, how many times?
N/a
20. Do you have other sources of income?
No.
21. If yes, what is your major source of income?
22. What do you think are the alternatives to the hunting for bushmeat?
Doing business at home, looking for employment, doing farming at home.
Questionnaire #3
Village:
Level of Education: Class 1 (up to 4 yrs old)
Marital Status: Married
Tribe: Age: 35
1. What wildlife species do you mostly hunt?
Wildebeest
2. How often do you hunt?
Not often.
3. What are the reasons for you to hunt?
Income.
4. Who are your main customers?
People in the village.
5. What is your mode of selling bushmeat?
House to house.
6. Which specific areas do you sell bush meat?
7. Which season do you mostly prefer to hunt?
Migration period of the wildebeest.
8. What time do you prefer to hunt?
Day and Night.
9. How has the hunt and success rate change over the past five years.
Difficult, and less successful.
10. What happens when you’re caught?
Taken to court.
11. What tools do you commonly use for hunting?
Snares and Spears.
12. How do you transport bushmeat from hunting site to the village?
By use of pundas (donkey).
13. How much do you sell a kilogram of bushmeat?
500 Kenyan Shillings (US $8)
14. Please name the places that illegal hunting for bushmeat occurs?
15. What health implications have you known related to bushmeat consumption?
Doesn’t provide good health, not good for stomach.
16. Are there any wildlife conservation awareness programs in your area?
No.
17. If yes, how often.
N/a
18. Have you ever been arrested?
No.
19. If yes, how many times?
N/a
20. Do you have other sources of income?
Yes.
21. If yes, what is your major source of income?
Mineral mining and crop (maize) farming.
22. What do you think are the alternatives to the hunting for bushmeat?
Crop Farming.
Jul 04 2008
The three poachers arrested this afternoon.
As those who have been following the twitter updates know, rangers this morning arrested three poachers near Sand River. The poachers had killed a total of six wildebeest.
In our office we have some questionnaires that were left for us by a student at the college of African Wildlife Management in Mweka, Tanzania, which were to be filled in by poachers arrested by our rangers.
Some of you on twitter showed interest in the answers and so we have published the questionnaires so you can find out more. For confidentiality purposes we have left out some of the answers.
Village:
Level of Education: Standard 7 (up to age 16)
Marital Status: Single
Tribe: Age: 16
1. What wildlife species do you mostly hunt?
Wildebeests
2. How often do you hunt?
One time hunter.
3. What are the reasons for you to hunt?
Income.
4. Who are your main customers?
People in the village.
5. What is your mode of selling bushmeat?
House to house. Buyers also come for the meat in our house.
6. Which specific areas do you sell bush meat?
Sometimes when the meat supply is sufficien, middle men.
7. Which season do you mostly prefer to hunt?
Dry Season (June - November)
8. What time do you prefer to hunt?
Day and night.
9. How has the hunt and success rate change over the past five years.
No answer.
10. What happens when you’re caught?
Sometimes depending on an individual, fines are imposed by the police.
11. What tools do you commonly use for hunting?
Snares.
12. How do you transport bushmeat from hunting site to the village?
Carry by ourselves.
13. How much do you sell a kilogram of bushmeat?
Sell by piece as dried, eg. a piece cost KSh 500 (US $8)
14. Please name the places that illegal hunting for bushmeat occurs?
15. What health implications have you known related to bushmeat consumption?
No answer.
16. Are there any wildlife conservation awareness programs in your area?
No.
17. If yes, how often.
N/a
18. Have you ever been arrested?
No.
19. If yes, how many times?
N/a
20. Do you have other sources of income?
Yes.
21. If yes, what is your major source of income?
Agricultural activities.
22. What do you think are the alternatives to the hunting for bushmeat?
Agriculture, Bussiness (Hawking of clothes, maize), and cattle rearing or keeping.
Jul 04 2008
Thank you everyone for your donations last month. As you can see from yesterday’s post we’re not yet out of the crisis and so still need your support.
Please, if you can, consider a monthly donation to the Mara Triangle so that we can plan better for the following months.
Rangers just brought these poachers in about half an hour ago. They were three in total and had killed six wildebeest. During these next few months we need your support to continue with anti-poaching and de-snaring patrols.
1 - 7th June
Open Donations:
Amy - $40; Brian - $100; Flora - $200; Jawrence - $10; Stephen S. - $100
Monthly Donations:
Kumiko - $20; Maria - $10; Mark - $10; Miho - $100; Pruet - $30; Robin - $15; Theresa - $25; Toshie - $20
Total for 1 - 7th June: $680
8 - 14th June
Open Donations:
Alicja - $40; Anon - $30; Anon - $100; Calixto - $10; Colleen - $100; Craig - $1,000; Hirofumi - $100; Igmar - $20; Jacquelin - $50; Jeremy - $100; Joshua - $20; Jun - $200; Mda - $100; Pirjo - $100
Monthly Donations:
Alan - $20; Eric - $15; Deborah - $50; Gay - $20; Gloria - $20; Michelle - $20;
Total for 8 - 14th June: $2,115
15 - 21st June
Open Donations:
Beth - $50; Josh - $50; Michael - $20; Richard - $25; Vincent - $100; Wanda - $20
Monthly Donations:
Alexandra - $10; Dr. D. - $30; Kathleen - $20; Julia - $25;
Total for 15 - 21st June: $350
22nd - 30th June
Open Donation:
Darya - $100; John - $20; Kari - $100; John - $100; Oliver - $25; Rosalind - $50;
Monthly Donation:
Dave - $20; Jo - $25; John - $10; Julia - $10; Laura - $10; Liana - $25; Shirley - $100; Sixten - $5;
Total for 22 - 30: $600
Grand Total for June: $3,745
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