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Poachers kill 20 rhinos in Zim http://www.zimonline.co.za/ by Tobias Manyuchi Friday 12 November 2010 HARARE — Armed poaching syndicates have stepped up activities in the southern African region killing 20 rhinos in Zimbabwe so far this year despite increased operations to curb illegal hunting, National Parks and Wildlife Management director Vitalis Chadenga said on Thursday. …
Down to their last five rhinos http://www.irishtimes.com Saturday, October 23, 2010 Horns of a dilemma: a programme of dehorning Zimbabwe’s black rhinos has begun, with the aim of reducing their value – but will poachers shoot them anyway? Photographs: John Downer/Getty and AP Horns of a dilemma: a programme of dehorning Zimbabwe’s …
How Chinese mines are killing wildlife http://www.aggregateresearch.com/ Oct, 11 2010 (Zimbabwe) — Chinese companies are mining chrome in northern Zimbabwe in areas designated for wildlife conservancy and safari operations. The companies, San He Mining Company Private Limited Zimbabwe and Lebbenon Investments, are doing so in the Guruve area of northern Zimbabwe, in operations that appear …
Zanu-PF poaching links exposed http://www.mg.co.za/ RAY NDLOVU AND YOLANDI GROENEWALD – Oct 08 2010 06:33 Dawie Groenewald, the alleged rhino-poaching kingpin, has been linked to powerful Zanu-PF members in Zimbabwe, including Kembo Mohadi, the joint home affairs minister, and Jocelyn Chiwenga, the wife of army chief Constantine Chiwenga. Groenewald, of Out of Africa Adventurous Safaris, …
CONSERVANCIES: ISLANDS OF COLONIAL LAND TENURE By Tichaona Zindoga Someone once said that an unimplemented plan is good – or bad – as no plan at all. If this does not sound a little ruthless or uncompromising, it surely is one philosophy that helps eliminate some absurdities of life that have tended …
Zanu PF supporters invade wildlife farms http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ By Oscar NkalaWednesday, 29 September 2010 15:50 BULAWAYO – A group led by Zanu PF supporters and war veterans has invaded Denlynian and Tamari Wildlife farms in Beitbridge where they have ransacked the places amid reports that property worth millions of dollars was looted. The Daily News understands …
Army, police implicated in poaching http://www.zimonline.co.za/ by Own Correspondent Monday 27 September 2010 HARARE – Senior ZANU PF officials, policemen and soldiers have been fingered in a fresh wave of poaching activities taking place in the Beitbridge area where more than 200 zebras have been slaughtered for their skins in the past two months. Animal …
Zimbabwe illegal occupiers destroy animal reserve http://www.washingtonpost.com .By ANGUS SHAWThe Associated PressFriday, September 24, 2010; 7:23 AM HARARE, Zimbabwe — Illegal occupiers on an animal reserve in southern Zimbabwe have killed hundreds of animals and torn down several miles (kilometers) of protective fencing, a conservation group said Friday. Investigators of the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force …
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Arrested SA poaching gang linked to Minister Kembo Mohadi http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tererai Karimakwenda22nd September 2010 Dawie Groenewald, owner of the notorious Out of Africa Adventure Safaris company and his wife, Sariette, were arrested on Monday in South Africa, for allegedly being the masterminds behind an illegal rhino poaching gang. Nine other people, including veterinarians and …
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Rhino poaching – vets arrested 2010-09-20 23:00 Marietie Louw-Carstens, Beeld Johannesburg – Two well-known veterinarians from Modimolle in Limpopo were arrested on Monday, along with seven other people, over their alleged involvement in “hundreds of incidents” of rhino poaching. National police spokesperson Vishnu Naidoo said the suspects are “the masterminds” of a syndicate believed to …