R44 Donated to Tanzania

摘要

The Howard G Buffett Foundation has donated a Robinson R44 helicopter to Tanzania for anti-poaching duties. The aircraft was handed to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism on June 14 in the capital Dar es Salaam. It will be deployed to the Selous Game Reserve. Tanzania only had one helicopter for anti-poaching surveillance before the delivery. The Howard G Buffett Foundation paid for the training of four helicopter pilots and will also pay salaries and the operational costs of the aircraft. Tanzania will receive another two helicopters, including a Bell 206 and another R44 to counter poaching in the country's national parks, such as the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Howard Buffett visited Tanzania in April and pledged to stop the poaching of elephants and rhinos -the country has lost tens of thousands of elephants over the last decade. In March he donated $23.7m to combat poaching in South Africa's Kruger National Park, which has lost 300 rhinos in 2014 so far.