The UK Is Sending Soldiers To Africa To Aid In Anti-Poaching Efforts

Oct 16, 2018 by apost team

The poaching industry has reached a breaking point for the UK, as they announce their plans to spend over 1 million dollars to help relieve the ecosystems and people negatively affected by the blatant slaughtering of wildlife. The plans were recently revealed during this year's International Illegal Wildlife Trade conference.

The UK shared their pledge to the over 80 represented nations that attended the conference, as well as a plethora of hopeful conservationists and other political representatives.

This isn't the first time the UK has placed their efforts in supporting African conservation teams, having previously enrolled soldiers to help wildlife park rangers in countries such as Malawi and Gabon.

Because the UK experienced success, they want to continue to extend counter-poaching methods to those at the forefront of this barbaric industry. The UK hopes to implement systems focused on tracking poachers' movements and activities and ultimately combatting these vicious efforts as they occur.

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Ultimately, as the UK's Environment Secretary Michael Grover has pointed out, their goal is to poise themselves as top leaders from nations all around the globe.

Because the poaching industry is so widespread and vapid, one of the most organized and highly executed industries of crime the world has ever seen, the UK believes that if they're able to spread their success, others will view them as global leaders of innovative systems and tactics. The UK firmly believes that these systems will be able to take hold of this dangerous industry.

It's time to avenge the deaths of the hundreds of wildlife park rangers who have died throughout the year, protecting some of the rarest creatures on earth.

It's not currently known which African countries will receive the help from the UK. However, it is looking like each country that does receive aid will get specialized support. While one camp might focus on mapping and tracking, another might focus on combat training and tactics. Surely not every area will demand the same needs, and the UK wants to make sure they spend their efforts, and money, as wisely as possible.

The UK does help to offer more first aid practices and programs throughout the camps and might have opportunities for the UK and wildlife officials to coexist within particular camps. All and all, the UK hopes to build more leaders.

Gavin Williams is the UK's Defense Secretary. He's seen first-hand the positive results the British army yields in these African countries. He feels that the poachers are now dealing with a force to be reckoned with. 

Others, like Major James Cowen, a seasoned veteran who even helped build up the UK's efforts over in Malawi, is primarily concerned with protecting some of the most pristine creatures left on planet Earth.

Organize crime is a frightening prospect. Poachers and other delinquents who engage in crimes against the environment are leaders of an industry worth more than 17 million dollars a year. These people are ultimately facing monetary gain from the destruction of Earth's remaining natural beauty.

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