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China blamed for increase in poaching http://www.timeslive.co.za VLADIMIR MZACA | 31 July, 2011 03:39 The Chinese, political decisions and a growing black market are being blamed for the rise in elephant and rhino poaching. Last week 10 people were arrested for poaching and unlawful possession of elephant tusks and rhino horns that they were suspected of selling …
Farmers encroach on wildlife http://www.timeslive.co.za/ SIMPLICIUS CHIRINDA | 31 July, 2011 03:39 Farmers resettled under Zimbabwe’s controversial land reforms programme are one of the reasons animal poaching is on the rise, according to the country’s wildlife management authority. Vitalis Chadenga, director general of the Parks and Wildlife Authority, told parliament this week that land invaders who have resettled …
SUSPECTED RHINO POACHERS DENIED BAIL The Herald, Friday 29 July Masvingo Bureau Six suspected rhino poachers who were arrested in Harare last week after beinf found in possession of two rhino horns worth US$ 120 000 have been denied bail. Masvingo provincial magistrate Mr Timeon Makunde ruled that the six were likely to abscond because …
Zim environmental group warns of serious poaching threat http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex Bell25 July 2011 A wildlife and conservation group in Zimbabwe has warned that poaching is reaching critical levels, which threatens not only the welfare of the country’s wildlife, but also future tourism. The Wildlife and Environment Zimbabwe (WEZ) group said that wildlife areas in the South East …
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Zimbabwe arrests 10 for rhino, elephant poaching http://mg.co.za/ HARARE, ZIMBABWE – Jul 22 2011 12:44 Authorities in Zimbabwe have arrested 10 people for poaching and unlawful possession of elephant tusks and rhino horns that they were suspected of selling to buyers from China, police said Friday. The suspects, including four former soldiers and four farmers, were arrested in …
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Chinese miners ‘poisoning Zim elephants’ http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za Eyewitness News | 6 Hour(s) Ago A Zimbabwean conservation group is claiming Chinese miners are poisoning elephants in the Zambezi Valley. The Zimbabwe Conservation Taskforce says it has reports of nine elephants being killed so far. The taskforce says the nine elephants were killed at Mushumbe Pools, reportedly with poisoned loaves of …
Transfrontier conservancy hit by rampant poaching http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell11 July 2011 The Zimbabwe section of the world’s largest inter-regional conservation park has been hit by rampant poaching, with at least 20 elephants being slaughtered in recent months. The Gonarezhou National Park, which is part of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area, has seen an alarming upsurge in cross-border …
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ANTI-POACHING MEETING ABANDONED Everson Mushava STAFF WRITER Daily News 6 July 2011 Wildlife officials, politicians and police officers were forced to abandon an anti-poaching meeting at Mapare Resort Centre in Save Valley Conservancy recently after poachers gunned down a rhino right under their noses. Highlighting how serious the problem of poaching is, the group had …
Hunting of black rhinos on farms on the increase http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Zimbabwe’s policy of redistributing land owned by white commercial farmers has caused unmitigated “ecological disaster”, according to an eminent conservationist.04.07.1106:11amChief Reporter Professor Johan du Toit, says wildlife populations have been overhunted in Zimbabwe after farms were handed over to black Zimbabweans. He warned that the country’s black rhinos, …
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Elephant kills Vic Falls head guide http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 18 June 2011 21:59 By Dusty Miller TRAGEDY struck at Victoria Falls Safari Lodge June 8, when the head guide at the award-winning Victoria Falls Safari Lodge, Tendekai Madzivanzira was killed by a bull elephant in full musth (ready for breeding.) Madzivanzira, who was armed with a rifle and …