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Zimbabwean Officials Accused in Elephant Deaths

Top Zanu-PF officials and cabinet ministers have been implicated in an elephant poaching syndicate associated with the killing of more than 300 jumbos.
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Conservators in Zimbabwe remove rhino horns to make them less attractive to poachers: Ministers are accused of taking part in the illegal trade in horns.

  • Zimbabwe:   New Mindset Needed for Clean Environment

    Zimbabwe Standard, 20 October 2013

    One cannot help but warm up to Saviour Kasukuwere, newly appointed Minister of Environment, Water and Climate. The way he throws himself into his job, the enthusiasm and gusto… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Bigwigs Fingered in Hwange Elephant Poisoning

    Zimbabwe Standard, 20 October 2013

    AT least 500 elephants have been killed by poachers in the past five months at Hwange National Park and surrounding areas in a scandal that is said to involve senior government… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Corrupt Heavyweights Escape Investigation

    Zimbabwe Standard, 20 October 2013

    INVESTIGATION of bigwigs suspected of corruption, have all but stalled after it emerged that the term of office for the current Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Hwange Disaster - What Will It Take to Stop the Poaching?

    Zimbabwe Standard, 20 October 2013

    After contingents from the government comprising a number of ministers paid numerous visits to Hwange National Park, following the discovery there of elephant carcasses that died… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Jumbos, the San in Hwange Park

    Times of Zambia, 18 October 2013

    MORE than 100 elephants have now died from cyanide poisoning in Zimbabwe's vast Hwange National Park and more carcasses are still being discovered in the bush. It is a shocking… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Ivory Poacher Jailed for 15 Years

    SW Radio, 17 October 2013

    Another suspected member of a poaching syndicate has been sentenced to serve 15 years behind bars, following the poisoning and killing of eleven elephants in the Hwange National… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Top Officials Implicated in Elephant Poaching

    New Zimbabwe, 18 October 2013

    THE opposition MDC-T has claimed that syndicates controlled by top Zanu PF officials are responsible for the by cyanide poisoning of scores of elephants as the ecological disaster… Read more »

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