Wildlife Awareness group to conduct a 500 km sponsored walk
Published: 2013 December 16 18:02:18 (4262 Views)
THE Rhino and Elephant Awareness Walk International would conduct a 500 km sponsored walk from Matopo to Victoria Falls to raise awareness about the importance of preserving wildlife species.
The walk comes at a time when there is concern over rampant poaching in Zimbabwe, which has claimed more than 110 jumbos at the Hwange National Park recently.
Tour operators are coordinating the event which is slated for February next year under the theme "Elephant and rhino awareness campaign against poaching".
One of the organisers of the campaign professional tour guide Sam Nkomo based in Old Lobengula Bulawayo's suburb said they were planning to engage the President and government officials.
"We have sent an invitation to the Presidential office and government ministries. Miss Earth and Jim Nyamu from Kenya have also been invited and are expected to join the rest of the country in the long walk," said Nkomo.
Nkomo said the campaign was aimed at raising awareness against elephant poaching.
"The awareness campaign is aimed at giving a voice to elephants, seeking global collaboration to unite to stop poaching and ban elephants from the entertainment industry. We want people to be educated about the dangers of elephant poaching and how it can affect the generations to come," said Nkomo.
He said they want to help Zimbabwe Parks & Wildlife Management Authority in fighting poaching.
"I was disturbed by reports of massive poaching which occurred in Hwange National park, were more than 110 elephants were lost to cyanide poisoning. As a result I decided to come up with the initiative that will raise awareness against poaching. We also want to raise funds that will be donated to parks so as to by equipment for combating elephant poaching," said Nkomo.
He invited the rest of the country in the walk saying the campaign needed everyone's support.
"A national level of involvement is needed to put an end to the gruesome killings of the species. We all have to fight poaching because it affects each and ever one us at a national level," said Nkomo.
He said they will team up with parks officials and the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) to make an environmental impact in fighting against poaching.
A similar campaign "Ivory Belongs to Elephants Walk" was conducted by Jim Nyamu from Kenya who walked 560 miles to educate citizens about elephant poaching and terrorism.
- Zim Metro
The walk comes at a time when there is concern over rampant poaching in Zimbabwe, which has claimed more than 110 jumbos at the Hwange National Park recently.
Tour operators are coordinating the event which is slated for February next year under the theme "Elephant and rhino awareness campaign against poaching".
One of the organisers of the campaign professional tour guide Sam Nkomo based in Old Lobengula Bulawayo's suburb said they were planning to engage the President and government officials.
"We have sent an invitation to the Presidential office and government ministries. Miss Earth and Jim Nyamu from Kenya have also been invited and are expected to join the rest of the country in the long walk," said Nkomo.
Nkomo said the campaign was aimed at raising awareness against elephant poaching.
"The awareness campaign is aimed at giving a voice to elephants, seeking global collaboration to unite to stop poaching and ban elephants from the entertainment industry. We want people to be educated about the dangers of elephant poaching and how it can affect the generations to come," said Nkomo.
He said they want to help Zimbabwe Parks & Wildlife Management Authority in fighting poaching.
"I was disturbed by reports of massive poaching which occurred in Hwange National park, were more than 110 elephants were lost to cyanide poisoning. As a result I decided to come up with the initiative that will raise awareness against poaching. We also want to raise funds that will be donated to parks so as to by equipment for combating elephant poaching," said Nkomo.
He invited the rest of the country in the walk saying the campaign needed everyone's support.
"A national level of involvement is needed to put an end to the gruesome killings of the species. We all have to fight poaching because it affects each and ever one us at a national level," said Nkomo.
He said they will team up with parks officials and the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) to make an environmental impact in fighting against poaching.
A similar campaign "Ivory Belongs to Elephants Walk" was conducted by Jim Nyamu from Kenya who walked 560 miles to educate citizens about elephant poaching and terrorism.
- Zim Metro
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