Assess the Effectiveness of Anti-Poaching Techniques in Combating Wildlife Poaching: A Case of Wildebeest in Serengeti National Park.

Matungwa, Lameck Emmanuel (2020) Assess the Effectiveness of Anti-Poaching Techniques in Combating Wildlife Poaching: A Case of Wildebeest in Serengeti National Park. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

Wildlife poaching is a global problem resulting in the decline of the population of wildlife species. Study on Effectiveness of anti-poaching techniques in combating wildlife poaching: a case of wildebeest in Serengeti National Park was conducted in SENAPA and in 5 adjacent villages, between September 2019 and June 2020. The aim of the study was to; examine techniques used by poachers to conduct wildebeest poaching, availability of anti-poaching techniques and to evaluate the obstacles in SENAPA’s efforts to effective anti-poaching techniques The purposeful, snowball sampling and documentary review were adopted for data gathering. Key informants interview to 55 respondents from SENAPA and adjacent villages was conducted. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20, simple descriptive statistics and content analysis. Results revealed the persistence of wildlife poaching, wildebeest being highly poached species compared to other species. Poaching techniques used are hiding and killing and the use of modern equipment such as motorcycles, binocular and cell-phone. The tools/weapons used are locally available particularly wire-snares, and other traditional weapons. The available anti-poaching techniques are patrols, intelligence-led, and others such as conservation education, de-snaring team and sniffer dogs. Political interference, inadequate resources (i.e. financial, human and modern equipment) corruption and changes of technology, judicial procedures and inadequate motivation were identified as the main obstacles for successful curbing the problem. Investing much in anti-poaching activities is recommended. Furthermore, there should be means in which the identified obstacles could be minimized. Keywords: Poaching, Anti-poaching, Wildlife, Techniques, Effective and Combating.

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