Elie Mundima

Category: Out on Patrol | Date: Feb 27 2007 | By: admin

I am now back in Mutsora, after having been on patrol in Ishango. I am very pleased to say that our presence in the area kept the Mai Mai away and there was no repeat of the recent hippo slaughters.

While we were in Ishango, we not only patrolled the ground but took a pirogue along the river to check for evidence of illegal poachers.

We can do this from the pirogue as often the camp of the poachers is right on the edge of the river, as they need the water from the river to cook. It is important that we discourage the locals from fishing in the river, and instead only fish in Lake Edward, as the river is a spawning ground and fishing here will destroy recovery of the fish populations.

I have some more photos from our patrol in Ishango, which I will post up shortly, along with the secret of how, in the Congo, you can become a millionaire overnight.

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