by Adam Cruise | Jan 6, 2023 | News
By Pindula Six elephants that include four adults and two calves were recently found dead in a forest near Victoria Falls. Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) spokesperson Tinashe Farawo said they are ruling out poaching because the carcasses...
by Adam Cruise | Nov 27, 2022 | CITES CoP19, News, Related articles
By Tatira Zwinoira, Zimbabwe Independent The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites) secretariat has thrown out Zimbabwe’s request to sell its ivory stockpile. Between 1979 and 1989, the number of African elephants...
by Adam Cruise | Apr 17, 2021 | Commentary
By Cyril Zenda, Fair Planet The desire to own a python skin belt proved costly for Tapiwa Mpofu, a villager from Zimbabwe’s Hurungwe communal areas who is now serving a nine-year jail term. Two years ago, the 41-year old man was convicted for violating the Parks and...
by Adam Cruise | Oct 19, 2020 | News
By Matthew Murray, BBC “We’ve gone 12 months without an elephant being shot and killed by poachers at Mana Pools National Park, which is a huge result.” For Nick Murray, a conservationist born in Pontypridd, this result has followed years of hard...
by Adam Cruise | Jun 12, 2020 | News
By The Herald Forestry Commission officials in Victoria Falls last week recovered oranges, cucumbers and amarula fruits in a plastic bag laced with cyanide poison. It is suspected that some poachers left them hanging on a tree in a bid to kill elephants in the forest....
