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Utafiti uliofanywa na shirika la kimataifa la World Wildlife Fund (WWF) unaonyesha ujangili umekithiri Tanzania, kiasi kwamba ndovu watafutwa wote kwenye mbuga la wanyama la Selous, ndani ya miaka sita ijayo.
Idadi ya ndovu ilikua 110,000 mwaka wa 1970, lakini leo hii wamebaki 15,000.
Ndovu wanaouawa Tanzania ni 30,000 kwa mwaka. Mbuga la wanyama la Selous huingiza pato la utalii dola za Kimarekani milioni 6 kwa mwaka.
Elephants in Tanzania's sprawling Selous Game Reserve could be wiped out within six years if poaching continues at current levels, the World Wildlife Fund warned Wednesday.
Tanzania's largest nature reserve was in the 1970s home to 110,000 elephants, but today only 15,000 remain and they are threatened by "industrial-scale poaching".
The Selous "could see its elephant population decimated by 2022 if urgent measures are not taken," the WWF said.
More than 30,000 African elephants are killed by poachers every year to supply an illegal trade controlled by criminal gangs that feeds demand in the Far East.
Tanzania is among the worst-affected countries with a recent census saying the country's elephant population fell by 60 per cent in the five years to 2014.
The Selous reserve is a tourist draw contributing an estimated $6 million (5 million euros) a year to Tanzania's economy, according to a study commissioned by WWF and carried out by advisory firm Dalberg.
Elephants in TZ reserve could be wiped out
Idadi ya ndovu ilikua 110,000 mwaka wa 1970, lakini leo hii wamebaki 15,000.
Ndovu wanaouawa Tanzania ni 30,000 kwa mwaka. Mbuga la wanyama la Selous huingiza pato la utalii dola za Kimarekani milioni 6 kwa mwaka.
Elephants in Tanzania's sprawling Selous Game Reserve could be wiped out within six years if poaching continues at current levels, the World Wildlife Fund warned Wednesday.
Tanzania's largest nature reserve was in the 1970s home to 110,000 elephants, but today only 15,000 remain and they are threatened by "industrial-scale poaching".
The Selous "could see its elephant population decimated by 2022 if urgent measures are not taken," the WWF said.
More than 30,000 African elephants are killed by poachers every year to supply an illegal trade controlled by criminal gangs that feeds demand in the Far East.
Tanzania is among the worst-affected countries with a recent census saying the country's elephant population fell by 60 per cent in the five years to 2014.
The Selous reserve is a tourist draw contributing an estimated $6 million (5 million euros) a year to Tanzania's economy, according to a study commissioned by WWF and carried out by advisory firm Dalberg.
Elephants in TZ reserve could be wiped out