Category: Wildlife and Conservancies

Zim’s disregard of bilateral agreements reduce chances of co-hosting UNWTO http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Richard Chidza, Staff WriterThursday, 10 January 2013 10:59 HARARE – A repeated disregard of bilateral agreements may jeopardise Zimbabwe’s chances of co-hosting the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general assembly this year, German ambassador to Zimbabwe Hans Gnodtke has said. Gnodtke said public press reports …

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Zim urged to copy Zambia and Botswana in hunting suspension http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell09 January 2013 Zimbabwe’s government is being urged to copy the recent moves by Botswana and Zambia and suspend giving out hunting licences, to clamp down on illegal activity. Zambia last week suspended the tender process for hunting concessions and also cancelled all hunting licences, …

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Germany threatens boycott of tourism conference http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell09 January 2013 Germany has threatened to boycott the planned UN World Tourism Office (UNWTO) conference, set to take place in Victoria Falls later this year, because of Zimbabwe’s failure to honour foreign investment agreements. Addressing journalists at his offices in Harare on Wednesday, German Ambassador Hans-Günter Gnodtke said …

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Wildlife regulator blasted after baby elephant dies in China   http://www.swradioafrica.com           By Tererai Karimakwenda 07 January, 2013   The international body responsible for issuing trade permits for endangered species (CITES), has been strongly criticized for allowing the sale of four, wild caught, baby elephants from Zimbabwe to zoos in China, …

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Elephants exported to China in danger http://www.thestandard.co.zw January 6, 2013 in Local ONE of the four elephants exported to China has died and conservationists fear for the lives of the remaining three that are also reportedly in bad health. REPORT BY JENIFFER DUBE There was an uproar from conservationists last year when the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management …

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Zim warned over rhino poaching http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell04 January 2013 Zimbabwe could face a future without any more rhino, if urgent measures to tackle poaching are not implemented. This was the warning of a leading conservationist on Friday, who was reacting to news that four white rhino had been killed by suspected poachers on New Years Day …

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Poachers kill four rhinos in Zimbabwe http://www.timeslive.co.za/ Sapa-AFP | 04 January, 2013 11:48 Poachers killed four white rhinos in a raid on a privately-run game reserve in northeastern Zimbabwe on New Year’s day, the parks department said Friday. Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority spokeswoman Caroline Washaya-Moyo said the animals’ horns had been sawed off the carcasses, but were …

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Zim govt slammed for live elephant exports to China http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex Bell19 December 2012 Zimbabwe’s government is facing serious criticism for allowing the export of live elephants to China, with accusations that entire families of elephant are being ‘destroyed’. According to the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force (ZCTF) four juvenile elephants were exported last month, in a journey …

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Save Conservancy: Traditional leaders speak out http://www.herald.co.zw Thursday, 13 December 2012 00:00 Lloyd Gumbo recently in Save Valley Traditional leaders in and around the Save Valley Conservancy have vowed to scuttle the Germans’ plan to translocate animals from the conservancy to Gonarezhou Trans-Frontier Park. This followed reports that the German government was planning to fund the translocation …

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Rangers kill poachers, recover weapons of war http://www.herald.co.zw/ Wednesday, 12 December 2012 00:00 Isdore Guvamombe Features Editor National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority rangers have killed two elephant poachers in the Dande Safari Area in Mbire north of Guruve and recovered weapons, among them mortar bombs. Motor bombs are weapons of war and it is yet to …

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