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Poachers nabbed, tonne of cyanide recovered KUDA BWITITI 1 DAY AGO A joint operation by the police and the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Authority has busted several poaching syndicates around the country, leading to the arrest of some of the most notorious perpetrators of the crime in the past few weeks.Police have also recovered …
Suspected poacher guns down 2 cops November 27, 2015 Crime & Courts Ivan Zhakata Herald ReporterTwo policemen and a civilian were shot dead on Tuesday by a suspected poacher in Chipinge while trying to arrest the illegal hunter. Sergeants Robert Shumba (39) and Vengai Mazhara (35) from Chipinge Urban Police Internal Security Intelligence (PISI) section, were …
Poachers should rot in jail, says VP November 20, 2015 Local News Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri at the launch of the National Climate Change Conference in Harare yesterday Samantha Chigogo Herald Correspondent—Poaching is a menace to the country’s struggling economy and poachers are as good as murderers who …
Zim Records Growth In Photo Safari Shame Makoshori 19 Nov 2015 Zimbabwe earned an estimated US$60 million from trophy hunting and photographic safaris in 2014, up from US$45 million in 2013 ZIMBABWE’s safari operators have reported a dramatic rise in the photographic business, while the hunting side of the sector has declined, an executive said recently.This …
Wildlife conservation: Where are we getting it wrong? November 2, 2015 Business Jeffrey Gogo Climate StoryFOLLOWING the horrendous death of over 60 elephants at Hwange due to cyanide poisoning in the past five weeks, hardly two years after 300 more elephants were massacred the same way, Zimbabwe requires a deep policy-searching moment: what has gone wrong …
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Hwange cyanide supplied by Filabusi miner: Report Suspected poachers living near Hwange in western Zimbabwe, where another 22 elephants were found poisoned on Monday, were allegedly sold bags of deadly cyanide for just R680 by a miner from Filabusi, a conservation group has claimed. Agencies Sixty-two elephants are now known to have been killed by …
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‘Elephant poisoning an inside job’ HARARE — As the poisoning of Zimbabwe’s elephants continues unabated, conservation sources apparently believe it is the work of disgruntled and cash-strapped rangers protesting against meagre salaries, an issue authorities do not deny. Agencies According to British newspaper The Telegraph, the sources believed that some of the poisoning was done …
Organisation targets planting 6 000 trees in Mat South GREEN Action Trust is targeting to plant more than 6 000 trees in Matabeleland South between now and January 2016, as part of efforts to reduce the effects of deforestation, which is destroying the environment in the province, Southern Eye has learnt. MTHANDAZO NYONI Co-ordinator of …
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EDITORIAL/Save Our Wildlife 22 Oct 2015 AMONGST the key strengths that make Zimbabwe an attractive destination are its vast natural resources that place it among countries with possibly the greatest potential to be among the richest nations in the world.Wildlife counts among these vast endowments that Zimbabwe has in abundance.The country boasts of a huge …
New cyanide poisonings signal a renewed war against wildlife October 19, 2015 Opinion & Analysis Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls ReporterPOACHERS in Zimbabwe have substituted the gun for the more deadly cyanide poison in their illegal hunt for ivory. Through the chemical weapon, the poachers have in the past three weeks killed close to 40 elephants. They are lacing …
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