Tanzania's Zanzibar steps up efforts to eradicate invasive Indian crows

DAR ES SALAAM, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania's Zanzibar authorities have allocated 1.8 billion Tanzanian shillings (about 681,000 U.S. dollars) for a special program to contain the population of invasive Indian crows, which the government says have affected agriculture, livestock, tourism, public health and biodiversity, an official said on Thursday. Salum Soud Hamed, Zanzibar's deputy minister for agriculture,