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Sadc silence on trade in wildlife embarrassing Chronicle 12/2/2021 Emmanuel Koro WHY does it take people in power seemingly forever to accomplish something good for the people they serve and the wildlife they look after? Are our leaders so concerned with taking care of their own well-being that they ignore the well-being of others …
The African painted dogs that vote by sneezing and run on ‘shadow puppet legs’ 0 February 3, 2021 4:39 PM Source: The African painted dogs that vote by sneezing and run on ‘shadow puppet legs’ | Wildlife | The Guardian African wild dog pups are a dim black and look ancient, like old bronze, like the Capitoline Wolf …
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Moza community’s hunting revenue-powered development Chronicle 29/1/2021 Emmanuel Koro Wildlife hunting is increasingly becoming the main “driver” for not only socio-economic development but also for wildlife and wildlife habitat conservation in southern African communities that co-exist with wildlife. When a group of Sadc journalists went on a study tour to Mozambique’s Tete Province-based Tchuma …
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Crocodile visits Chiredzi hospital Herald 19/1/2021 UNWELCOME VISITOR . . . This crocodile was captured entering Chiredzi District Hospital yesterday Herald Reporters There was commotion at Chiredzi District Hospital yesterday after they received an unexpected visitor, a crocodile. The reptile which was spotted crawling through a corridor before resting in a storm drain, did …
The ‘perfect’ rhino crime: Locals work in cahoots with poachers Standard 17/1/2021 news in depth: BY OSCAR NKALAZimbabwean police officer Sergeant Tawanda Kwaramba drove from Bulawayo to Victoria Falls on September 16, 2019, on a mission to undermine the law he had sworn to uphold. In Victoria Falls he loaded seven Chinese nationals into a …
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Panic as villagers mistake cheetahs for lions Chronicle 13/1/2021 Zimparks officials and Blondie Letham of Bubye Valley Conservancy tranquilising a problem cheetah in Beitbridge East around Goda area today-Picture by Thupeyo Muleya Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau There was panic in the Goda area in Beitbridge’s Ward 5 when some villagers mistook two cheetahs for …
Trade, not aid will save our wildlife Sunday Mail 10/1/2021 Conservation aid from donor countries and organisations has proved inadequate for solving our problems with management and conservation of wildlife Tinashe Farawo IN 1989, elephants in African countries were listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Appendix I, effectively banning …
Hunting, agriculture used uniquely to reduce poaching in Zambian community Chronicle 8/1/2021 file pic Emmanuel Koro About 45 years later, Zambia’s implementation of wildlife anti-poaching strategies has helped to increase South Luangwa’s elephant population and the culture of community wildlife and habitat conservation. Wildlife in Luangwa suffered heavy poaching that reduced big elephants herds …
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Rhino poaching pair gets long sentences By Staff Writer Daily News 9/12/2020 A BEITBRIDGE court has sentenced two men to 21 and 26 years respectively for poaching endangered rhinos in Bubye Conservancy. The duo, Ignatius Maiga (34) of Mthimukuku village and Fanuel Mukucha (33) of Mushamba village in Gokwe had appeared at Beitbridge magistrate’s court …
The world’s first attempt to relocate whole ELEPHANT families to avoid a mass cull. The world’s first attempt to relocate whole ELEPHANT families to avoid a mass cull. A specialist marksman, airborne in a tiny single engine Schweizer helicopter, takes aim at the matriarch of a herd with a dart gun. During one of the …
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