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So far Damian Bell has created 106 blog entries.

Dog unit leads to arrest of notorious poacher

2020-05-16T08:22:47+00:00December 6th, 2013|Community News, Honeyguide News|

Rocky and Jerry strike again! Last month, Honeyguide’s Dog Unit supported rangers from the Enduimet Wildlife Management Area, Big Life Foundation, and the Kenya Wildlife Service in a joint operation that led to the arrest of a notorious elephant poacher in Kenya. Read the full dramatic account from Big Life Foundation. On November 18, Big

Cinema Beside the Wild

2020-05-16T08:22:47+00:00November 29th, 2013|Environmental Education, Honeyguide News|

At dusk, the MC fired up the film projector and let the music blast from two portable speakers. It had been market day in Lerangwa Village, and shoppers and revelers soon gathered around the projector, listened to a Maasai pop song, and eagerly awaited the show to begin. Soon enough, images of WMA rangers going

Rocky & Jerry: Conservation Canine Rock Stars

2017-06-02T03:56:51+00:00November 15th, 2013|Community News, Honeyguide News|

Meet Rocky, a four-year-old German shepherd who can sniff and track down a poacher practically from the forests of West Kilimanjaro all the way to the back alleys and markets of Dar-es-Salaam. Enter his sidekick, Jerry, who is always on standby to leap into action in hot pursuit of the scent trail. With funding from

New Honeyguide member graduates from Mweka

2020-05-16T08:21:08+00:00November 8th, 2013|Community News, Honeyguide News|

Honeyguide Foundation congratulates our very own, Lomayani Komolo Simel, for graduating from the Mweka College for African Wildlife Management on November 2. “I feel extremely grateful,” said Komolo, who graduated with a Diploma in Wildlife Management. “Many people and organisations supported my education, and I am happy to already be a part of Honeyguide.” In

US security specialist trains WMA rangers

2020-05-16T08:21:08+00:00November 1st, 2013|Community News, Honeyguide News|

Over late September and early October, Honeyguide Foundation welcomed an American security specialist to train rangers in the Enduimet WMA, Burunge WMA, and in Manyara Ranch. With support provided by a private donor, the specialist spent 16 days leading the capacity-building exercises for some 30 rangers. “We learned so much,” said Kateto Kashe, a Honeyguide

Burunge Rangers Rescue Baby Elephant

2020-05-16T08:21:08+00:00October 26th, 2013|Honeyguide News|

Elephant lovers have something to celebrate this week. On October 23, Honeyguide-supported rangers with the Burunge Wildlife Management Area (WMA) received a call from a tourist lodge about a baby elephant seemingly stuck to a tree. Immediately reporting to the scene, the highly-trained crew discovered that a female elephant, approximately 2-3 years old,

Firearms training in Enduimet

2020-05-16T08:21:09+00:00January 23rd, 2013|Community News, Honeyguide News|

Honeyguide project manager  Ole Kirimbai is managing a week long firearms training program for all the Enduimet village rangers, the ranger who recently acquired shot guns and .22 rifles for protection will have a week long training exercise. The training will cover various topics such as gun use and maintenance, safety and law. John Magembe and Ezekiel will be

Poaching in Manyara

2020-05-16T08:21:09+00:00January 22nd, 2013|Baraza, Other News|

Latest off the press- from the citizen newspaper-A vehicle belonging to a senior military official has been seized on allegations of ferrying ivory after a road chase that involved Manyara National park rangers on Friday evening. The event happens only weeks after police officers were caught with ivory in Serengeti National park and two others lynched

Responsible Tourism auditor training

2020-05-16T08:21:09+00:00December 12th, 2012|Honeyguide News|

Honeyguide have been training 3 auditors for Responsible Tourism Tanzania. Damian Bell has been training the auditors over the past 23 months using various hotels and lodges as the platform for the training. The 3 auditors have been busy over the past few months training with the criteria and visiting a number of hotels and camps in and around

Conference supports Honeyguide

2020-05-16T08:21:09+00:00October 22nd, 2012|Honeyguide News|

The Pan-African Ornithological Congress that was held in Arusha, Tanzania from the 14th to 21st October 2012 supported the Honeyguide Foundation. The conference was organized and run by the Honeyguide Foundation with the aim that the surplus funds from the conference would go to support the core costs of the organization. The conference raised over $18,000 for the Honeyguide

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