Zimbabwe Parks seeks to ban trophy hunting pictures

Zimbabwe Parks seeks to ban trophy hunting pictures Source: Zimbabwe Parks seeks to ban trophy hunting pictures – Sunday News July 8, 2018 Mr Tinashe Farawo Peter Matika, Senior ReporterFOLLOWING an outcry by local animal rights activists about the killing of a lion at Hwange National Park last week, the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management is working towards …

Madhuku pledges to end human-wildlife conflict

Madhuku pledges to end human-wildlife conflict The Herald Runesu Gwidi Masvingo CorrespondentZANU-PF aspiring candidate for Bikita East, Cde Johnson Madhuku, has vowed to address the ongoing human and wildlife conflict in the constituency. In an interview, Cde Madhuku, a school head and president of the National Association of School Heads (NASH), said ending human and …

Mat’land South heritage sites get $1 million grant

Mat’land South heritage sites get $1 million grant   Matobo Hills Nyaradzo Bakari, Chronicle ReporterMATOBO Hills, a national monument in Matabeleland South, and seven other endangered cultural heritage sites included on the 2018 World Monuments Watch list have received a $1 million grant from American Express and World Monuments Fund (WMF). Last year, Matobo Hills was …

Scientists are shocked at the sudden death of most of Africa’s largest baobabs

Scientists are shocked at the sudden death of most of Africa’s largest baobabs   Source: Scientists are shocked at the sudden death of most of Africa’s largest baobabs – News24 Baobab tree on the beach in front of the Royal Lodge, Saloum Delta National Park, Senegal. (Getty Images) Nine of the 13 oldest and five of the …

EU, AWF partners to empower rural communities

EU, AWF partners to empower rural communities   EU delegation to Zimbabwe, Ambassador Phillipe Van Damne THE European Union (EU) and Africa Wildlife Foundation (AWF) have joined hands to empower rural communities living in the lower Zambezi conservation areas by unveiling a $2 million project aimed at reducing poaching and encouraging sustainable development. Alistair Pole, …

Zanu PF bigwigs gang up against ED. . . demand $20 million compensation

Zanu PF bigwigs gang up against ED. . . demand $20 million compensation newsday More than 25 top Zanu PF and government officials have ganged up against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration and filed a $20 million lawsuit for loss of business following the recent cancellation of their 25-year lease agreements to run wildlife projects in …

Gov’t investigates bribe allegations after hunter indicted in U.S

Gov’t investigates bribe allegations after hunter indicted in U.S   Zimbabwe’s wildlife agency said on Tuesday it was investigating allegations that a South African national bribed officials to allow a Colorado-based tourist to take the ivory tusks of an elephant illegally shot in a Zimbabwe game park. Their inquiry comes after U.S. prosecutors accused the …

Rescued elephants begin their journey back to the wild

Rescued elephants begin their journey back to the wild   Source: Rescued elephants begin their journey back to the wild – The Zimbabwe IndependentMay 30, 2018 A MAJOR milestone was reached by Zimbabwe Elephant Nursery (ZEN) after the first six rescued elephants were trans-located from the Rescue Facility near to Harare, to the Re-Wilding facility in Matabeleland …

‘Africa: Take full control of your wildlife’

‘Africa: Take full control of your wildlife’   Ivory Tusks Emmanuel KoroAmerican public policy specialist and former member of the US President’s Executive Office, Mr Godfrey Harris, believes that it is time for African governments to dispense with their polite ways and diplomatic language to tell animal rights groups to stop interfering with the management …

SA hunter ‘bribed Zim govt officials to shoot an elephant illegally’

SA hunter ‘bribed Zim govt officials to shoot an elephant illegally’   Source: SA hunter ‘bribed Zim govt officials to shoot an elephant illegally’ | News24 The owner of a South African hunting company was indicted this month in Colorado by federal prosecutors, who accuse the man of bribing Zimbabwean government officials while guiding a Colorado tourist …