摘譯自2007年7月9日ENS肯亞，奈洛比報導；謝芳怡編譯；蔡麗伶審校
7名坦尚尼亞職業獵戶以及陪同的肯亞導遊，在肯亞西察沃國家公園周圍進行非法狩獵，因而遭到肯亞野生動物管理局巡守員逮捕。7日巡守員在塔韋塔柯藍茲市設下埋伏，並在逮捕行動中查獲槍支和彈藥，7名嫌犯目前已被拘留在佛依警局，等候起訴。
同一時間，3名販售野生肉的嫌犯以及司機，則是因為在奈洛比郊區從事非法野生肉交易和盜獵，被扣留在阿西河警局。
肯亞野生動物管理局調查人員發現，這些非法交易已持續約2個月，並以肯亞塔市場和市立市場等葷食地區為主要販售市場。
肯亞野生動物管理局資訊服務經理烏都托表示，這些販售商將野生肉冠上牛肉名義，以每公斤65肯亞先令的低廉價格在市場銷售。
野生物管理局官員目前擔憂，這樣的非法交易行為不只會消滅珍貴的野生動物，同時也會引發嚴重的人體健康危機。
Kenya Arrests Illegal Hunters, Bushmeat Dealers
NAIROBI, Kenya, July 9, 2007 (ENS)
enya Wildlife Service rangers have arrested seven professional Tanzanian hunters and their Kenyan guide for illegally hunting around Tsavo West National Park.
The rangers who had laid an ambush at Koranze in Taita Taveta District recovered firearms and ammunition in the Saturday arrest. The suspects have been booked at Voi Police Station and are awaiting prosecution.
At the same time, three suspected game meat dealers and their driver are being held at the Athi River Police Station on the outskirts of Nairobi for illegal meat trade and poaching.
KWS investigators have found that this trade has been going on for the past two months and the target markets are popular meat-eating places like Kenyatta Market and City Market.
The game meat dealers sell their meat, passing it off as beef, at a low price of 65 Kenya shillings (US$1) per kg at these markets, said Paul Udoto, Kenya Wildlife Service communications manager. The Kenya Wildlife Service officials are "concerned that this illegal trade is not only wiping out priceless wildlife but also posing great health risks to people."
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