The president noted that between 2010 and mid-2013, some 5,189 poachers were arrested and taken to court, and that 1,952 weapons had since been impounded.
Alisema mwaka 2009, tembo walikuwa 350,000 na mwaka 2010 hadi 2012, walipungua na kufikia 130,000, huku mwaka huu wakiwa 378 waliouawa.