Thursday
09Jul2009
VIDEO: Rangers & Tracker Dogs arrest poachers
Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 05:33PM Rangers yesterday were alerted to the presence of poachers on one of the islands found along the Mara River. Our patrol teams and newly trained bloodhound tracker dogs were brought to the scene.
A poachers' camp was found as well as one poacher, rangers arrested another and the dogs were able to sniff out two more poachers from the long grass.
In the video the bushmeat is being burned by the rangers. The poachers were arrested and taken to the Tanzanian courts.
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Reader Comments (9)
Dang, I can't view the video at work, but the commentary says it all. Good job guys and doggies :>)
Wonderful work. So glad that the dogs are helping out! Keep up the good work.
Way to go Tracker Team, You must be really proud. Congradulations for a job well done. We will see you soon, dogs too.
Hurray! I am so happy you got the dogs and to know they are working for you, it's beyond fantastic. Hope my info on the Bloodhound Club was a help to you in securing some of those dogs. Please give them all a big pat from me!
Leanne Rager
This is fantastic! Thank you for all the amazing work you do! Love seeing the dogs at work too, they are a great asset.
Good video. So the poachers 'helped' burn the meat - ha! Why were the trackers using such a short lead with the dogs? Aren't they suppose to use the really, really long leads?
Please continue to post more videos when you can.
The short lead was used inside the thick bush, but they were supposed to use long lead on the open field which was mistake in this case so we told the guys to fix that.
Great news! These dogs are such a great asset in the fight against poaching. By the way, I just love the new visual look on these pages.
Hey, Great job on the poachers... Hope the dog are on the move as well. Website looks awesome William.
Linda and John