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Review of Thomson Safaris

Thomson s sister company, Tanzania Conservation Li...

Thomson s sister company, Tanzania Conservation Limited, is in a court battle with three Maasai villages over the ownership of 12,617 acres (5,106 hectares) of land in Loliondo which the company uses for safaris.

A Maasai quoted in a court report said Thomson had built a camp in the middle of their village, blocking access. Imagine, a stranger comes and constructs a big building in the centre of your home, reads the testimony. Our livestock cannot go to the waterhole there is no other route for the villagers or their livestock.

The report says villagers have been driven off, assaulted or arrested by local police, park rangers or security guards.

Quoted from the Guardian news outlet.