“It is unfortunate that two suspected poachers were shot dead in Chirisa Game Park,” he said. "We put an army in place to defend this country, so any intruder is an enemy. THE LIONS NEED TO EAT TOO!! “With the use of drones we are now better equipped to detect poachers, and we are also able to deploy appropriately if there are any incursions,” said Mr Farawo.A. That’s what they DESERVE! Email Us: Contact US, © 2020 The Herald | Disclaimer | Copyright. The southern African nation's anti-poaching unit has killed 19 suspects since 2019, as the government employs a shoot-to-kill policy. ZimParks is now using drones to patrol its vast estate, and so far this year, 800 poachers have been detected and more than 600 arrested by follow-up patrols. Accomplice poachers told the victim's family that he had been killed by an elephant on Tuesday. JUSTICE!!!! TOO bad ALL the poachers were’t wiped out-NOW LEAVE THE LIONS, ELEPHANTS, RHINOS, GIRAFFES, HIPPOS, ETC ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!! Botswana Defense Force’s Major Mabikwa Mabikwa said poachers are using sophisticated weapons of war and communication equipment. 7 of 15. The army says it has killed 19 suspected rhinoceros poachers since last year, while one soldier lost his life during an exchange in April. At times poachers shoot at the ZimParks staff attempting to make arrests, and there have been 15 such armed contacts this year, where five poachers were shot dead. President Mokgweetsi Masisi recently said the military will not hesitate to shoot poachers. The rangers believe there were three poachers in the gang which attacked them in Chirisa National Park and that one escaped. Their first appearance in court is expected to take place on April 4th, when they will be facing sentences of up to 25 years in jail and fines of up to US$100 000. Harare Herald House We are detecting more because we have employed technology and most of the incursions can now be seen just by the click of a button. In fact, we up our anti-poaching operations and augment them further to ensure that any perpetrators that come in, they are brought to book.”. Most poachers cross over from neighboring countries. The victims are local poachers who were illegally hunting for elephants inside the boundaries the national park, when they were surprised by a group of almost twenty adult Southwest African lions, the same species as Cecil the Lion, who died a few kilometers from the site in July 215. After the gunfight, a .303 Lee-Enfield rifle was recovered. And unfortunately, as with any war, there are casualties.”. The Okavango Delta is wet and challenging to navigate, with some areas inaccessible by road. 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Your email address will not be published. “Investigations are being done following the incident that happened at the Chirisa Game Park.” ZimParks is using drones to detect poachers as part of improved and technology-based conservation strategies. Poachers mostly target rhino, with 56 of the endangered animals killed in the past two years. The Commissioner-General of Zimbabwe Republic Police, Augustine Chihuri, described the scene as “a horrible bloodbath”, with many bones and bits of flesh scattered over hundreds of square meters. The government recently decided to dehorn all the rhinos and relocate them to secure, private locations. Phone: +263 024 795771 STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images. The new technology enables ZimParks rangers to detect poachers from afar and deploy patrols appropriately. GABORONE, BOTSWANA - Botswana soldiers this week shot and killed a suspected rhino poacher during a gunfight in the vast Okavango Delta, where poaching has reached unprecedented levels. “These are protected areas, and we have always been saying protected areas are no go areas, if we see you in a protected area we are left with no option. KARMA!!!! ZimParks spokesperson Mr Tinashe Farawo said they will continue their fight to protect the country’s conservation areas. “We expect to see the results. Zimbabwe Republic Police Commissioner-General, Augustine Chihuri, told reporters that the poachers were visibly terrified by their experience and he hopes this incident serves as a lesson to other poachers. All characters appearing in the articles in this website – even those based on real people – are entirely fictional and any resemblance between them and any person, living, dead or undead, is purely a miracle. The "shoot-on-sight" policy at India's Kaziranga national park saw more poachers killed by guards than rhinos killed by poachers in 2015. The victims are local poachers who were illegally hunting for … No one is allowed in these areas, and these people will be armed which leaves us with no option. Poachers have killed a well-known mountain gorilla, delivering a setback to decades-long conservation efforts to pull the subspecies back from the precipice of extinction. Last July, rangers and police officers said that as many as three men suspected of being rhino poachers had been killed by lions at a South African game preserve. Two armed poachers were shot dead at Chirisa Game Park in Gokwe over the weekend in a gun combat with Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) rangers. Park rangers shot more than 20 poachers that year.

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