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Black rhinos: Gonarezhou still home Sunday Mail 30/5/2021 ZIMBABWE will soon reintroduce black rhinos into the country’s second largest national park — Gonarezhou. The park is managed by the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) in partnership with Frankfurt Zoological Society under what is known as the Gonarezhou Conservation Trust (GCT) since 1 …
Poaching escalates at Zimbabwe game parks 0 May 30, 2021 12:40 PM Source: Poaching escalates at Zimbabwe game parks – CAJ News Africa Kudu from DANIEL JONES in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe VICTORIA FALLS, (CAJ News) – POACHERS are wreaking havoc in Zimbabwe’s game parks causing a threat to the ecosystem and tourism. Elephants, rhinos, lions and pangolins are being poached for commercial …
Untamed Zambezi National Park Herald 28/5/2021 The Zambezi National Park offers a memorable experience. Isdore Guvamombe-Assistant Editor Through and through, the Zambezi National Park is hailed as one of Zimbabwe’s finest wildlife sanctuaries that protects the south and east banks of the Zambezi River within the world-famous Victoria Falls. This is certainly one of …
Crocodile breeder skin volume sales decline Chronicle 20/5/2021 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter DIVERSIFIED crocodile breeder, Padenga Holdings Limited, suffered a 29 percent volume decrease in skin sales in the first quarter of this year compared to what was sold in the prior period. The group exports crocodile skins and meat largely to European …
British government plans international hunting ban as Zimbabwe reveals impressive benefits Chronicle 20/5/2021 Emmanuel Koro IN her May 11 speech that included a proposed Bill to ban international hunting trophy imports, Queen Elizabeth II gave the first strongest hint that the British Government and animal rights groups are worlds apart; with the international hunting …
Botswana rhino poaching worsens as govt dithers Standard 17/5/2021 By Oscar Nkala Rhino poaching in Botswana is getting worse, and the government is not helping matters in any way due to its split attitude on the crisis. On the one hand, the government of President Mokgweetsi Masisi — in power since 2018 — acknowledges the …
French scientists in Zim use facial recognition technology to ID giraffes Chronicle 17/5/2021 Giraffes Ryan Truscott A TEAM of French scientists in Hwange National Park has developed a deep learning computer system to distinguish between individual giraffes, a tool that could help to conserve this iconic African species from extinction. Individual giraffes’ unique coat …
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Rhinos return gets thumbs-up from President Sunday Mail 16/5/2021 Online Reporter President Mnangagwa has described the imminent reintroduction of the black and white rhino at Gonarezhou National Park as a “momentous conservation achievement” for the country after the animals were wiped out from the park by poachers in 1991. Commenting on Twitter on Thursday, …
Suspected poaching gang attacks, burns investigator in his vehicle Herald 12/5/2021 Mr Tinashe Farawo Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau A gang of unknown suspected poachers allegedly cornered a 28-year-old anti-poaching investigator on Sunday afternoon and burnt him in his car near Matshiloni area, along the road leading Masvingo. The man, who is employed by the …
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Will CITES provide cover for a racism–based ban on international hunting? Chronicle 12/5/2021 Emmanuel Koro The Managing Director of the U.S. based Ivory Education Institute, Godfrey Harris, believes that the UN agency charged by the international community with regulating international wildlife trade — CITES — was founded with an underlying prejudice — that Black …
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