Category: Wildlife and Conservancies

Germany protests to Zimbabwe over seizures of game conservancies http://www.apanews.net/ APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) Germany has protested to the Zimbabwean government over a new wave of illegal seizures of game conservancies owned by its citizens and other foreigners in the south of the country, APA learns here Saturday. The German embassy in Harare has written to Zimbabwe’s …

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Zanu-PF criticises tourist site invasion http://mg.co.za/ JASON MOYO – Jan 28 2011 11:41 The invasion on January 21 of lakeside resorts around Chivero, Harare’s most popular weekend retreat and the city’s main water source, has been a major embarrassment to a country still trying to convince the world it is moving away from its violent …

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CONSERVANCIES DEMOLISHED FOR CHINESE FARMER   … as the ZanuPF unstoppable train moves on   Daily News 27 January 2011   Tatenda Chitagu   MASVINGO – The Government, or at least its ZanuPF component, is planning to seize all conservancies in the lowveld area, largely owned by British and American investors, and hand them over …

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Endangered black rhinos slaughtered in Zimbabwe http://www.monstersandcritics.com Jan 25, 2011, 9:22 GMT Harare – Seven of Zimbabwe’s critically endangered black rhinoceros population have been killed by poachers in the past fortnight as demand for its horn has soared, wildlife conservation officials said Tuesday. Zimbabwe’s black rhino population has declined from 7,000 in the 1980s to …

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Zimbabwe apologizes for weekend incursion at tourist sites http://www.monstersandcritics.com/ Jan 24, 2011, 13:10 GMT Harare – Member’s of Zimbabwe’s Zanu (PF) party on Monday apologized for militants who forcefully entered a series of lakeside private boat clubs and tourist lodges over the weekend, according to tour operator groups. The incidents, along Lake Chivero, 20 kilometres …

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Police Drive Mugabe Supporters Out Of Tourist Resorts http://www.radiovop.com 24/01/2011 16:04:00 HARARE, January 24, 2011-Zimbabwean police drove out scores of so-called war veterans and supporters of President Robert Mugabe after they declared themselves new owners of several tourist resorts, a minister and media reports said Monday. The seizures on Saturday near Lake Chivero, west of …

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Zimbabwe lakeside leisure resort targeted by militants under Mugabe empowerment drive Associated Press By Angus Shaw (CP) – 2 hours ago HARARE, Zimbabwe — As Zimbabwe tried to spruce up its tourism image, militants of President Robert Mugabe’s party launched raids at boating clubs and tourism lodges on the shores of the capital’s main fishing …

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War veterans invade bird sanctuary http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Thelma ChikwanhaSaturday, 22 January 2011 19:03 HARARE – War veterans have invaded the bird sanctuary, Kuimba Shiri, on the shores of Lake Chivero  in Mashonaland West, ostensibly to make way for President Robert Mugabe’s nephew Patrick Zhuwao. Garry Stafford, the founder and owner of the flourishing  bird garden, …

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MEDIA RELEASE                                                                 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 23 January 2011   Zimbabwe:  Invasion of tourism facilities near Harare   In what looks to be the start of the next phase of state-sponsored property heists in Zimbabwe, over 20 tourism facilities have been invaded in Lake Chivero Recreational Park (formerly Lake Mcllwaine), 37 km south west of …

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Evicted White Farmer’s Lions ‘Starving’- SPCA http://www.radiovop.com/ 21/01/2011 08:46:00 Masvingo, January 21, 2011- The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) says a pride of 30 lions left in the farm formerly owned by Ronnie Sparrow, are on the ‘verge of starvation’. Sparrow, of Lion Park, a few kilometres out of Masvingo, was …

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