ʻO ka Undersecretary (ma kahi ʻē aʻe i kapa ʻia he Kakauolelo Permanent) ma ke Kuhina o ka Wildlife Conservation and Tourism, Prof. Frazer Tong, i ka pule i hala aku nei i kauoha i kāna mau ʻāpana hoʻokō e hoʻōki i ka ʻai ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku ma nā ʻaoʻao hema o nā paka aupuni a me nā wahi palekana me ka hopena koke, e ʻōlelo ana kēia. He mea hooweliweli ia i ka hana a ka hema e hoʻihoʻi hou i nā ʻōnaehana paka a hoʻomaka i ka loaʻa kālā o ka mākaʻikaʻi, ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea hiki ke hana. I loko o kāna mau haʻiʻōlelo, ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo ia i koʻikoʻi i ka pāpā ʻia ʻo ka pepehi ʻana i nā holoholona hihiu no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku he mea weliweli loa ia i ka mālama ʻana i nā holoholona hihiu, a ma ke ʻano he aupuni ʻaʻole lākou e paipai i kēlā mau hana karaima.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia: “Ua hāʻawi ʻo Wildlife i ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka ʻāina ma o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma muli o ka ʻike ʻana i ke kuleana o ka ʻoihana aupuni; ua hoʻopuka ka ʻoihana i nā kauoha koʻikoʻi e pāpā ana i ka pepehi kanaka. Ua ʻike nō hoʻi mākou i ka laha ʻana o nā pū i laikini ʻole ʻia ma waena o [ka] heluna kanaka ma waena o nā wahi e hiki ai ke hoʻopilikia i ke ola holoholona i ka helu maikaʻi. I ka pau ʻana, ua hoʻohui ʻo ia ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā kahu ma nā wahi holoholona hihiu a me nā ululāʻau e hōʻemi i ka pepehi ʻana i nā holoholona no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻoihana e nā poachers.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- In his briefing, he reportedly stressed to the media that the wanton killing of wild animals for commercial use poses a great threat to wildlife conservation, and as a government they do not encourage such criminal practices.
- Frazer Tong, last week directed his enforcement units to stop commercial poaching across the southern national parks and protected areas with immediate effect, saying that this creeping menace was a threat to the south's efforts to progressively restore park infrastructure and start earning tourism revenues, which in turn can create employment.
- In closing he added that wardens were being deployed in strategic wildlife areas and forests to reduce the killing of animals for commercial use by poachers.
