Kenya welcomes donation of INTERPOL plane to boost fight against wildlife crime
08 July 2008
NAIROBI, Kenya – INTERPOL has formally donated a plane to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) to help boost the country’s anti-poaching and wildlife law enforcement efforts.
Welcoming the handover of the Super Cub plane at a recent ceremony at Wilson Airfield in Nairobi, Kenya’s Minister of Forestry and Wildlife, Noak Wekesa, KWS Director Julius Kipng’etich and Chief of the KWS Air wing Solomon Nyanjui, underlined that protecting Kenya’s diverse plant and animal species was not just an ethical or heritage issue, but also a practical one, with 12 per cent of the country’s GDP originating from tourists going on safari and visiting its national parks.
The Super Cub plane, bought second-hand and refurbished for the KWS, is ideal for surveillance, since it can fly as slowly as five miles per hour, and fly for six hours on one tank of fuel.
Click here to read the full article
Iregi Mwenja
Technorati : East Africa, Mwenja, bushmeat, kenya, poaching
Donations made here are
Mar 7th Johanna N USD 16.50
3 Comments
Great news Iregi. I would love to see the wildlife offenders faces when the plane buzzes over them.
It surely bad news to the poachers. They better change and start earning a living legally,
Mwenja
Your article is very interesting, i bookmarked your blog for future referrence