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Zimbabwe: $1,000 bounty on poachers Africa News . com John A. Afful Jnr., AfricaNews reporter in Accra, Ghana Poachers have killed 10 elephants at a park in southern Zimbabwe. Authorities have confirmed saying it was the largest number of elephants to have been killed at a goal for years. The security agencies have placed …
Turbo Charge Lion Attack at Tashinga – The Facts It was mid morning on a Sunday when the TurboCharge fleet of sixteen boats arrived at the Tashinga National Park at the mouth of the Ume River. We were greeted by the sight of a magnificent bull elephant in the camp calmly feeding himself. Our first mooring spot …
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Animals die, drown on Zimbabwe’s Starvation Island By ANGUS SHAW (AP) – 7 hours ago HARARE, Zimbabwe — Starvation Island in northern Zimbabwe is living up to its name for the first time in 50 years as rising lake waters have submerged grazing land for hundreds of animals, conservationists say. Rescuers here are holding exhausted …
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Tragedy strikes Chipangali Wildlife Orphanage Zimbabwe 02 June at 06:40 There has been a very tragic accident at Chipangali in Zimbabwe yesterday. At approximately 20 past 9 yesterday morning, our young volunteer co-ordinator / helper Robyn Lotz (26 years old) was attacked by a fully grown male lion. One of our staff neglected to close …
Conservationists slam Mugabe’s ‘Ark of death’ bound for North Korea http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex Bell21 May 2010 Conservation groups, elephant experts and biologists around the world have united in their condemnation of Zimbabwe’s plan to ship an ‘Ark’ of wild animals to North Korea. The plan, handed down by Robert Mugabe in a Presidential Decree, is …
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Million Dollars Worth of Illegal Ivory Seized, 41 Arrested http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2010/2010-05-20-02.html LYONS, France, May 20, 2010 (ENS) – A six-nation wildlife crime crackdown across southern Africa has resulted in the seizure of nearly 400 kilos (882 pounds) of elephant ivory and rhino horn with a market value of more than US$1 million, the location and closure …
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Bikita Residents At Risk Of Crocodile Attacks http://news.radiovop.com 17/05/2010 14:13:00 Bikita, May 17, 2010 – Bikita residents are at risk of being attacked by crocodiles after Zanu PF youth and boisterous war veterans here vandalised and ransacked a crocodile breeding project run by lithium mining giant, Bikita Minerals. The war veterans accused mine manager, Nigel …
Law and order breakdown leading to wildlife wipeout, group claims http://www.irishtimes.com Saturday, May 15, 2010 Poaching gangs and poor communities are allegedly behind a major rise in poaching, writes Bill Corcoran in Harare ZIMBABWE’S ONCE thriving wildlife is being wiped out by crime syndicates and poor rural communities taking advantage of the breakdown of law …
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Cop shot in encounter with suspected poachers http://www.thedailynewszw.com May 14, 2010 By Owen Chikari MASVINGO – A policeman was this week seriously injured following an exchange of gunfire between police officers and five Mozambicans in the Dumisa area of Chiredzi near the Gonarezhou National Park. The encounter occured amid reports that security has been tightened …
Minister Coltart’s daughter bitten by lion http://www.swradioafrica.com By Violet Gonda3 May 2010 Bethany, the eight year old daughter of Minister of Education David Coltart, was attacked by a lion at Antelope Game Park in Mkoba, Gweru, on Saturday morning. The Minister told SW Radio Africa on Monday that his traumatised daughter was airlifted to St …