Category: Newspaper Articles

Safari invaders kidnap hunter, police summon victim Posted on April 29, 2014 by ZimSitRep_J — 2 Comments ↓ via Safari invaders kidnap hunter, police summon victim | The Zimbabwean 28.04.14 People claiming to be war veterans and Zanu (PF) supporters who invaded a Beitbridge safari site late last year on Sunday reportedly kidnapped a non-trophy hunter, amid concerns that the police are reluctant …

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Letter to US President Barack Obama Posted on April 28, 2014 by ZimSitRep_J — 6 Comments ↓ via Letter to US President Barack Obama April 28, 2014 by Ron Thomson in NewsDay ON April 4, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service banned sport-hunted elephant trophies from Zimbabwe and Tanzania for reportedly poor management practice of the wildlife resource. In the weeks that followed, there …

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Save Conservancy indigenisation goes ahead: Kasukuwere Posted on April 27, 2014 by ZimSitRep_J — 9 Comments ↓ via Govt: No going back on Save Conservancy 26/04/2014 by Agencies from NewZimbabwe THE government has decided to “indigenize” the Save Conservancy, widely regarded as the world’s largest private nature preserve, two years after the multi-million dollar wildlife sanctuary – in which many E.U. nationals have business …

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Report: Militarization of Poaching Posted on April 24, 2014 by ZimSitRep_J — No Comments ↓ Report: Militarization of Poaching by Joe DeCapua April 21, 2014 VOANews A new report says organized crime, government corruption and militias are all linked to elephant poaching and the illegal ivory trade. It says poachers in Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Sudan and Kenya move across borders with near impunity.The report is …

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US court to decide on Zim elephant ban April 24, 2014 in General, National, News     SAFARI Club International — a not-for-profit conservation organisation — yesterday filed a lawsuit to challenge the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)’s reported abrupt and unwarranted ban on the importation of sport-hunted African elephants from Zimbabwe and Tanzania, NewsDay has learnt. …

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Please click here to open this document which is saved in Adobe and covers the activities of wildlife interested groups in Hwange and Victoria Falls.