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Govt set to amend Wildlife Act to protect whistleblowers NewsDay 16/4/2020 PARLIAMENT has recommended amendments to the Wildlife Act to provide protection for whistleblowers and ensure stiff penalties for those found in possession of cyanide, a dangerous chemical often used by poachers to poison elephants. BY VENERANDA LANGA In its recent report on elephant …
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Birth control pills for Zim elephants 14/4/2020 PARLIAMENT is proposing birth control to curb the rising population of elephants, which is not only coming at a huge cost to the country’s environment, but exacerbating cases of human-wildlife conflict. BY VENERANDA LANGA The Zambezi cluster alone has over 53 991 elephants and the country’s head is …
Zimparks feels Covid pinch Chronicle 8/4/2020 Mr Tinashe Farawo Andile Tshuma, Chronicle Reporter THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) has said Covid-19 has affected its conservation efforts due to dwindling revenues realised mainly from tourism activities. National parks and other recreation sites under Zimparks closed down as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak …
Zimparks locks down Lake Kariba Sunday Mail Sunday Mail Reporter The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has banned fishing in Lake Kariba. The move is in line with the Covid-19-inspired national lockdown announced by President Mnangagwa on March 27. The lockdown, which has been praised by the President himself for having gone …
Zim gazettes laws to protect animals Herald 3/4/2020 Aardwolf Sifelani Tsiko Zimbabwe has promulgated new regulations to protect endangered animal species and curb illegal wildlife trade in animal and animal products. The Government gazetted SI 72 of 2020 and SI 71 of 2020 recently as part of efforts to strengthen the Parks and Wild …
Bulawayo man in court for ‘stealing’ and slaughtering US$900 Eland Chronicle 25/3/2020 Brenda Zinyuke, Court Reporter A BULAWAYO man has appeared in court for allegedly stealing and slaughtering an eland worth US$900. Isheunopa Sibanda (27) of Pumula South Suburb allegedly connived with Trymore Ndlovu who is still at large and slaughtered the eland in …
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Zim, SA to improve transfrontier park accessibility Herald 24/3/2020 Mr Tinashe Farawo George Maponga in Masvingo Zimbabwe and South Africa are working closely to improve accessibility between Gonarezhou and Kruger National Parks to allow easy movement of tourists within the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park (GLTP). Zimbabwe’s Gonarezhou, South Africa’s Kruger and Limpopo National Park …
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Feasibility study delays Save Valley project Herald 24/3/2020 Minister Ndlovu George Maponga in Masvingo The US$15 million project financed by the EU to rehabilitate the perimeter fence around Save Valley Conservancy in the south east Lowveld has been temporarily shelved over delays in completing a feasibility study for the venture. The project seeks to …
Tourism sector appeals for Govt bailout fund Chronicle 24/3/2020 Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter SCORES of workers in the tourism industry face job losses following the outbreak of the coronavirus, which has forced industry operators to adopt forced leave or place some employees on half salary. The tourism industry in the country has recorded …
A disappointing Supreme Court judgment NewsDay 20/3/2020 IN Latin they say Fiat justitia ruat caelum, meaning to say “Let justice be done though the heavens might fall”. It is a no brainer that on February 18, 2020, the heavens fell heavily upon animal lovers, environmentalists and other concerned citizens. Justice was ”probably” done. On …