Botswana Anti-Poaching

Botswana has plans to scale up war on poaching to protect the country’s endangered species, a senior government official said on Tuesday.

Kitso Mokaila, the minister of environment tourism and wildlife told stakeholders attending the 7^th annual Tourism Pitso that government intend to address the country’s plummeting wildlife population.

“Over the next six months you will see a major shift, we are working on means to control poaching,” said Mokaila.

“We know hunting is a culling tool but they are indications that our wildlife numbers are going down,” he added.

Mokaila said government will invest in buying anti-poaching equipment which includes helicopters to patrol areas prone to poaching.

The minister also revealed that government was already conducting a census on the country’s wildlife population before taking a decision to ban hunting, despite refuting working on the decision before.