Performance Audit Report on the Control of F MD 3.1.2.2 STAFFING  3.2 KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND THEIR ROLE  3.2.1 BOTSWANA POLICE SERVICE AND BOTSWANA DEFENCE FORCE  3.2.2 DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND NATIONAL PARKS  The Department has an establishment of 3650 staff both at headquarters and in  all Veterinary Districts (10) countrywide. Refer to  Annexure 3 for the  Organisational structure of the DVS relevant to FMD control and prevention. FMD is a complex disease and the fight against it cannot be won by the DVS  alone. For the Department to succeed in its effort to completely eradicate and  control the diseases, it needs to collaborate with other stakeholders. The DVS  therefore, in its determination to control the foot and mouth disease has  partnered with the following entities in an attempt to manage the FMD challenge.  The DVS engages the BPS and the BDF during outbreaks to ensure that animal  movement protocol is followed. They assist the DVS officers to search vehicles  and bags of people crossing the gates to ensure that prohibited products do not  cross to FMD free zones in an effort that FMD is contained in one area. The DVS  also engages these forces for fence patrols, especially patrol of the border fences.  They report to the Department any damages caused to the fence which in most  cases is caused by illegal immigrants as well as report cattle incursions into  Botswana or any of the neighbouring countries. The role of the Department is to provide expertise on how the DVS can best deal  with wild animals. The DWNP assists the DVS during buffalo incursions to drive  the animals back into the park as a way of curbing the risk of the buffaloes  mixing with cattle and infecting them with FMD virus as well as posing a threat  to human lives.  11 |  P a g e