Malawi to draft law to regulate animal trafficking

Malawi Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Frank Mwenefumbo, on Tuesday said that his government was in the process of formulating a law that would regulate animal trafficking in and across the borders of the country.

He told parliament in Lilongwe that the country was losing its animals to illegal traffickers from neighbouring countries.

"It was difficult for government to follow up such malpractices because the animals were being trafficked mainly during the night," he said.

Mwenefumbo said the law, if put in force, will also regulate the time when animals should be moved from one region to another.

He said the law would also allow animals to be handled humanely in vehicles favourable for them when transferred to other areas.