Ex AP Majete report2009
Finance and administration
1) Staff on May payroll 127. 2) The country went through general election on 19th May and Dr Bingu wa Mutharika was
elected President for a second five year term. 3) A Tractor driver, Mr Samson Antonio, was tragically killed by an
elephant, on his way to a Mwembezi camp within the Park. 4) A high profile Mozambican delegation, investigating a
proposed African Parks project in Zinave National Park led by the Permanent Secretary of Inhambane Province visited
Majete between 05th and 08th May 2009. The American ambassador, Mr Boode also visited Majete. Our visitors had an
opportunity to visit several community projects. 5) Fixed Asset register updated.
Fence: Fence attendant stationed at Pende or Kashoni permanently as elephant damage still persisting. Total of night
breakages by elephants was 18 times. Apart from fixing damage along the fence the main job was to install top live
wires as this seems to have an influence on stopping the elephant breaking out. Fencing team installed 14km of top
wire on Pende side and 6.2km on Kashoni side.
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Ex:http://www.rhino.malawi.net/History2b.htm
In May – on 04/05/2008 Leefa’s spore is found crossing Nchefu Road and a sighting follows one week later by the rhino scouts
Later in May the Capture team arrives from RSA to move Elephants and other animals to Majete and also to release into Liwonde main park areas
In June - 64 Elephants are removed from Liwonde to Majete with just one mishap when two bulls tried to return to Liwonde and one had to be put down on Chisunga Tea Estate in Bvumbwe as he had become a threat to human safety the other killed one woman and returned to majete.
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There are apparently many cases of these elephants destroying crops and killing people around majete.
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EX:http://www.animalpeoplenews.org/03/12/indivCompNotes1203.html
K - Includes compensation from nine IFAW affiliates. The CFO post was held by three people during the year: Christopher Tuite, who received 51% of the total compensation; Mary Harrington, who received 47%; and Melanie B. Powers, who received 2%. Also in 2002, IFAW paid $249,206 to the law firm Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster, in which IFAW board member and legal counsel Michael O'Connell is a partner. Instead of disclosing the top five salaries paid to non-board members on IRS Form 990, Schedule A, part I, IFAW for the fourth straight year left the section blank, and this time omitted a statement that, "During the current year, more than 88% of each key employee's compensation was reimbursed by the other [IFAW affiliates for which work was done]." But the purpose of Schedule A, part I is not to explain who signs the checks. Rather, it is meant to enable donors to decide if the pay is in keeping with the charitable mission. Standard practice is to disclose salaries over $50,000 from all affiliates of a charity combined, footnoting to explain divisions of duties and pay sources.
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New interesting comment on the Nyasa article stating that the elephant hills phirilongwe/mangochi is where all the old malawian religions stemmed from.
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Check in Kenya IFAW is accused of bulldozing and intimidation.
see: NGO destroys African wildlife.
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Malawi is a member of CITES so cannot shoot elephants as they are listed as an endangered species.
Many counts of false advertizing by IFAW to obtain funds.
MRA on 4500pound tourists on the trip?
Cost for moving one elephant unclear IFAW qouting many differnt amounts?
Tuesday daily times says elephants have boosted from 70 t0 80 in 10 years, they have many young, this would only happen if they are happy.
IFAW has advertized that many are getting killed, so far only one showed an old injury but is fine and one had a thorn.
IFAW advertizes that they need money as these elephants are affected by snares, poison, planks with nails, snares, spears, arrows, musket balls, bullet wounds.
IFAW used "even the babies will be shot" to get funding for the move.
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Dutch press release states that animal lovers in uproar because of the way IFAW and Conservation Solutions are handling the animals.
The helicopter was used to carry an elephant, the helicopter does not have a lifting license.
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