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Over 9,360 snares have been removed and dispatched from Tanzania’s flagship national park of Serengeti to Arusha, thanks to a unique anti-poaching program.
The de-snaring program’s key objective is to fight against the rampant snares set by local bush meat mongers to catch massive wildlife within the Serengeti national park.
Tourism investors, led by the Chairman of the Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO), Willy Chambulo, along with the Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS), Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA), and other stakeholders, are pioneering the de-snaring program in Serengeti to suppress the new fatal poaching method.
Funded by tourism investors in Serengeti as part of their contribution in a conservation drive, the de-snaring program has transformed the conservation landscape within the leading park and become a role model.
Tanzania tour operators have announced the intent to focus more on consolidated efforts for corporate social responsibilities (CSR), a move suggesting a historic shift in their undertakings.
This was revealed at just ended 34th TATO annual general meeting (AGM) held in Arusha. The tour operators unanimously resolved to pour their hearts and minds into community-related projects and conservation initiatives as part of a newly adopted CSR policy.
TATO’s new CSR is a concept whereby the association and its member companies integrate social and conservation concerns in their business and operations on a voluntary basis.
“We have made a drastic shift in our undertakings as a lobbying and advocacy agency. We shall focus more on our new policy of CSR” announced, TATO Chairman, Mr Wilbard Chambulo.