Environment, Water and Climate Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has called on Government to impose stiffer penalties to deter poachers from killing wild animals in national parks. This comes after elephants were last month poisoned by poachers at the Hwange National Park and Tsholotsho killing 58 in the process.
Police, in conjunction with the Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, have arrested nine people and recovered 69 carcasses of elephants since they launched an anti-poaching operation as a response to the increase in the number of jumbos that were being killed.
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