Elephant Anti-Poaching PatrolEléments de patrouilles anti-braconnage d'éléphants |
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This page is dedicated to the protection of the seriously threatened specie of elephants (loxodonta africana) in Central African Republic due to intensive poaching. Cette page web est dédiée a la protection des éléphants (loxodonta africana) espéce gravement menacée en République Centre Africaine par un braconnage intensif de tous les instants Who we are Qui sommes nous What is happening to the elephants Ce qui arrive aux éléphants What must be done Ce qui doit etre fait What we need to protect the elephants Ce qui nous est nécessaire pour protéger ces éléphants How you can help Comment vous pouvez nous aider Frequentl Asked Questions (FAQ) Questions diverses les plus fréquemment posées Photo and Video Album Contact Links DOLI: ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE pour la PROTECTION des ÉLÉPHANT et la CONSERVATION de la FAUNE SAUVAGE en RÉPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE BBC: Central African Republic Country Profile U.S. State Department: Central African Republic Wikipédia: République centrafricaine BBC News Article: Elephant Poaching "rife in Central Africa" The Economist News Article: To cossett or to cull NPR News Article: Confronting Central Africa's poaching crisis  T-Shirts with this design will be on sale to supporters of the Elephant Anti-poaching Patrol by the second week of December, 2011. Proceeds go to the rangers' field operations fund in Central African Republic.
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The ELEPHANT ANTI-POACHING PATROL is an organization of people of different nationalities who have dedicated themselves to protect and preserve the elephants of Central African Republic from the violent and criminal elements intent on exploiting and annihilating the remaining pachyderms. The Patrol is the field operations component of DOLI: ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE pour la PROTECTION des ÉLÉPHANT et la CONSERVATION de la FAUNE SAUVAGE en RÉPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE. DOLI is "elephant" in Sangho, the most widely spoken language in Central African Republic. 
Francis Mollet, the leader of the field operations team, is a Frenchman who has spent many years in Africa and in wilderness areas throughout the World. The Patrol owes its existence to Francis Mollet and his courageous effort to stop the slaughter of elephants by poachers who kill the elephants for ivory to sell to illegal markets in Asia. Extremely well qualified to lead this Patrol, Mollet has been conducting and leading anti-poaching patrols in Central Africa against armed and dangerous bandit elements. His background in law enforcement and the military include service in the French Naval Fusiliers and French Army. An avid outdoorsman and hunter, he knows at first-hand the need to preserve wildlife and wilderness areas for the future of the World.
 The members of the Patrol who are in the bush and do most of the dangerous but necessary patrolling are composed of local tribesmen. These men are recruited to protect the existing elephant herds and to protect them from poachers. Their duties include tracking and arresting the criminal elements in their area of operation and monitoring the activities and habitat of the elephants. In addition, the Patrol use their limited resources to provide rudimentary medical and health services to the local population and assist in building and repairing the infrastructure in the remote interior of the country. The Patrol is not part of the Government of Central African Republic and have no official status as a law enforcement or para-military organization. They receive meagre salaries and provisions from the organization's resources which come from donations from people from all over the World.
Photos by Francis Mollet For the ELEPHANT ANTI-POACHING PATROL
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