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Tanzania Testing Drones to Fight Elephant Poachers in Game Park
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A Tanzanian business federation plans to test unmanned aerial vehicles in the Selous Game Reserve to assess their effectiveness in combating elephant poaching.
The initiative, led by the Tanzania Private Sector Foundation, will assist the government in combating poaching and boost efforts to preserve Africa’s elephants, Executive Director Louis Accaro said by phone Thursday from the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam. Testing of American- and French-manufactured drones will be conducted from April 27 until May 4, he said.