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Donkey remains irk Bulawayo residents
RESIDENTS of Cowdray Park in Bulawayo have raised a red flag over fresh donkey parts found in the suburb, raising suspicions that the animals could have been stolen from surrounding areas and slaughte...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 04:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police ban fireworks on New Year's Eve
AS the year 2023 curtains come down, many people may be tempted to celebrate with fireworks on New Year's Eve. However, the Zimbabwe Republic Police has warned the public that the sale and use of fire...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:17hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
BCC 'tie-up order' targets stray dogs
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) intends to introduce a "tie-up order" where stray dogs will be shot as part of efforts by the local authority to control the growing population of dogs roaming the streets....Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 09:30hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Pit bull kills nine-year-old girl
In a sad incident, a nine-year-old girl was mauled by a pit bull in Whitecliffe Harare and died upon admission at Parirenyatwa Hospital on Saturday last week.The police confirmed the incident ...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 09:44hrs | 7 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Deputy minister testifies in fraud case
FORMER Alouvine Investments Private Limited company director, Rudo Sarudzayi Mapfumo, allegedly defrauded Deputy Minister of Health and Child Care Dr John Mangwiro of over US$100 000 after reselling a...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Murder charges for killer dog owners
A COMMUNITY in Southview Park, Harare, is living in mortal fear of vicious dogs belonging to a family that recently moved into the neighbourhood. Some, if not most, properties in the suburb are not ga...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Deputy Health Minister duped
FORMER Alouvine Investments Private Limited company director, Rudo Sarudzayi Mapfumo, allegedly defrauded deputy Minister of Health and Child Care Dr John Mangwiro of money after she resold a property...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Boerboel dogs maul girl (6) to death
In another spine chilling incident, two vicious Boerboel dogs mauled a six-year-old girl to death on Wednesday at the family's rented home in Matsheumhlophe suburb. This is the second incident in Bula...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:02hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
Man (70) killed by 3 vicious dogs
A 70-year-old Harare man was mauled to death on Wednesday evening by three vicious Boerboel dogs at company premises in the Adbennie area of Harare under unclear circumstances.The man, Maxwell...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:17hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi is too shallow-minded - MLF
Vice President Kembo Mohadi is correct in asking who hasn't wronged the other but very wrong in suggesting that Mthwakazi has at some point wronged someone. We have always expected such words from him...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 06:03hrs | | by Mthwakazi Liberation Front
US to support Zimbabwe's trade in baby elephants
US zoos now plan to import baby elephants from Zimbabwe, undeterred by the international furore over their 2016 import of 18 wild elephants from Swaziland.The US Association of Zoos and Aquari...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 15:43hrs | 9 | by Melissa Reitz
SPANA, BSPCA to assess the impact of the donkey skin trade in Botswana
SPANA Botswana and the Botswana Society for the Protection of Animals (BSPCA) will be holding a donkey skin trade conference on 10 July at the Travelodge Hotel, Gaborone. The conference aims to assess...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 12:55hrs | | by Agency
Dog owners face prosecution
THE Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) has raised concern over the surge of illegal breeding and cross breeding of dogs, saying that it is against the law and could possibly lead to a...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman battling for life after vicious dogs attack
A 25-YEAR-OLD woman is battling for life at the United Bulawayo Hospitals after she was mauled by her landlord's five vicious dogs in West Somerton suburb. Ms Cherish Muchegwa sustained seriou...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 06:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for sex with cat
A man has been arrested after he was allegedly caught engaging sex with a cat in Buffelsdraai, near Verulam in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday.Spokesperson for private security company Reaction Unit S...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 21:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I was labelled a prostitute'
HAJIRAH Belinda Potts was recently crowned Miss World Zimbabwe at a colourful ceremony in Domboshava's Orchid Gardens, shrugging off stiff competition from 13 other contestants. NewsDay Life &...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dog meat peddlers resurface in Bulawayo
Bulawayo City Council and an animal rights body have warned the public to desist from buying meat from the street amid fears that dog meat vendors could be back on the market.The warning comes...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Safeguard adopts modern guard dog training techniques
Safeguard Security, which has led the way in pioneering the adoption of new security techniques in Zimbabwe, has revolutionised the way in which its guard dogs are trained. Its dog section man...Published: 31 May 2018 at 10:59hrs | 2 | by Agencies
Bulawayo donkey abattoir saga rages on
When Zimbabwean businessman Gareth Lumsden announced in October 2017 that he had set up a $150,000 donkey abattoir in Bulawayo, local animal welfare organisations protested that his proposed slaughter...Published: 26 May 2018 at 19:38hrs | 1 | by Oscar Nkala
South African Donkeys slaughtered for bogus Chinese medicine
South Africa is implicated in the supply of donkeys for Chinese medicine reveals a report released today, World Donkey Day. The Donkeys are slaughtered in great numbers for their skins and expor...Published: 08 May 2018 at 11:21hrs | | by Adam Cruise
White farmer arrested for attempted murder
Police at Juru Growth Point on Saturday arrested the owner of Bally Vaughan Sanctuary Mr Gordon Putterill, accusing him of intentionally hitting and severely injuring a Society for the Prevention of C...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Donkey abattoir: An investment that never was
LAST October, the news of a donkey abattoir opening here sent tongues wagging and elicited mixed feelings from a cross-section of society.It sounded bizarre to Zimbabweans, to whom donkey meat...Published: 28 Feb 2018 at 11:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
68 donkeys to be slaughtered at Bulawayo abattoir
SIXTY EIGHT donkeys are expected to be put down at a proposed donkey abattoir in Bulawayo's Manningdale suburb and 10 of them were euthanised on Tuesday.The Zimbabwe National Society for the P...Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Elephant calves exported from Zimbabwe as China bans ivory trade
China has reportedly imported more than 30 wild caught elephant calves from Zimbabwe in a controversial if not cynical move which took place on the very day China banned the sale of ivory.31 w...Published: 02 Jan 2018 at 13:20hrs | 22 | by Christina Russo and Adam Cruise
Over 10 donkeys 'shot' at abattoir
THE Government will not license a donkey abattoir that is being built in Bulawayo.The Department of Livestock and Veterinary Services DLVS) made the announcement last week as the Zimbabwe Nati...Published: 28 Dec 2017 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Escalation of stray dogs worry BCC
Bulawayo City Council authorities have expressed concerns over the increasing number of stray dogs in the city.Latest council minutes states that the Committee considered the matter and Counci...Published: 11 Dec 2017 at 06:59hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Domestic worker 'forced to engage in sex with dogs'
A FARMER accused of raping his family's domestic worker also forced her to perform mouth sex on his two dogs, it emerged yesterday. The suspect appeared in the Bronkhorstspruit Magistrate's Co...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 05:31hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Donkey abattoir owner hits back
Bulawayo businessman Garrith Lumsden has been in the eye of a storm after his plans to set up a donkey abattoir in the city were made public.Animal rights groups have come out strongly against...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Legal action against donkey abbatoir
ANIMAL welfare groups are working on instituting legal action to bar a Bulawayo businessman who set up the country's first donkey abattoir in Bulawayo from operating.Veterinarians for Animal W...Published: 22 Oct 2017 at 14:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
SPCA collecting stray dogs in the city of Bulawayo
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Bulawayo has embarked on collecting stray dog in the city to help the local authority clear the domestic animals which at some points attack res...Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 07:29hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Dog meat vendor resurfaces, arrested
A BULAWAYO man who is suspected to have been selling dog meat to residents of Sizinda suburb and surrounding areas, has been arrested after he was found with some carcasses on Monday.The arres...Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dog meat is not part of nation's food culture
The recent arrest of a Bulawayo man on allegations of selling parts of dogs' carcasses he retrieved from some rubbish dumping sites was a very unusual occurrence.The dogs had been put down by ...Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 07:58hrs | | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
'Dog meat can kill'
A VETERINARY surgeon has said people should not eat dog meat as doing so can result in illness or death.The warning follows an incident in which the Bulawayo City Council raided a homeless Bul...Published: 11 Aug 2017 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dog meat seller 'syndicate' attacks municipal police
A Bulawayo City Council (BCC) municipal police officer was attacked by three men looking for carcases at a dump site, an incident that the municipality has said raises suspicions about the existence o...Published: 09 Aug 2017 at 11:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dog meat vendor records brisk business in Bulawayo
A HOMELESS Bulawayo man has been skinning carcasses of dogs that would have been put down by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and selling the meat to some residents....Published: 07 Aug 2017 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
High profile Zimbabwean cleric grabs a white-owned farm
Three shell-shocked generations of the Smart family in Zimbabwe have been violently evicted from the remains of their farm in the Rusape district east of Harare by a top cleric, Bishop Trevor Manhanga...Published: 06 Jul 2017 at 19:00hrs | | by Ben Freeth
Another high profile cleric takes over a white-owned farm and evicts farm workers
Zimbabwe: Jambanja by Bishop Trevor ManhangaThree shell-shocked generations of the Smart family in Zimbabwe have been violently evicted from the remains of their farm in the Rusa...Published: 06 Jul 2017 at 07:00hrs | | by Ben Freeth
South Africa hit by serious avian flu, leaving thousand of birds dead
South Africa has been hit by avian influenza leaving thousands of birds dead, as Zimbabwe works with the Food and Agriculture Organisation's Crisis Management Centre to review its systems following an...Published: 24 Jun 2017 at 14:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Owners of stray animals that cause accident must be prosecuted'
THE Senate has concluded debating a motion calling for the prosecution of people whose stray animals cause accidents on the country's roads.Over the years, stray animals have contributed to a ...Published: 24 May 2017 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman arrested for starving 46 cattle
A Rusape farmer Chido Matewa (51) together with her herdsmen landed herself in trouble with the courts for allegedly starving 46 herd of cattle. Matewa of Dagbreek Farm, Nyazu...Published: 19 May 2017 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Stiff penalties for animal abuse
People who are in a habit of beating, abandoning or tying up animals will now pay fines of up to US$200 is caught under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.The new fines became effe...Published: 30 Apr 2017 at 04:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Botswana bans elephant-back rides
From the end of this month, no elephants will be permitted to be ridden in Botswana. Abu Camp, the only facility that allowed elephant back riding in the country, has been directed to terminate its el...Published: 14 Dec 2016 at 09:48hrs | | by Don Pinnock Environmental journalist
Brutal methods for dealing with troublesome wildlife
Draft legislation proposes cruel and unethical methods for dealing with problem wild animals, including the use of poison, hunting dogs, gin traps as well as extermination in their burrows by flooding...Published: 05 Dec 2016 at 09:03hrs | 1 | by Andreas Wilson-Späth
Baby elephants from Zimbabwe headed for Chinese zoos!
Thirty seven baby elephants forcibly taken from their mothers in the wild in Hwange National Park are about to be flown to Chinese zoos, despite an international outcry against previous exports&...Published: 07 Nov 2016 at 12:29hrs | | by Adam Cruise
ZNSPCA Newsletter:- Animal welfare education now in the Nation curriculum
ZNSPCA Newsletter:- Animal welfare education now in the Nation curriculum...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 13:26hrs | | by ZNSPCA
Masvingo launches blitz on stray dogs
MASVINGO City Council has launched a blitz to hold all dogs that are not registered with the local authority and shooting stray dogs as a way of reducing incidents of humans being injured by the pets....Published: 20 Mar 2016 at 09:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masvingo hunts, kills stray dogs
MASVINGO municipality has embarked on an operation to shoot all stray dogs in the city to prevent the spread of rabies.The local authority is carrying out the exercise in conjunction with the ...Published: 09 Mar 2016 at 05:41hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
Snake used as car security
IT MAY be an old Toyota Tazz but it must be the safest car in town. Its owner need never worry about the car being stolen. Daily Sun reported that who will steal a car with a giant alb...Published: 01 Mar 2016 at 12:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Vicious dogs kill four-year-old boy
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy was mauled to death while another 10-year-old child was left for dead allegedly by about eight vicious dogs in Masvingo's Eastvale suburb. Success Kasanhayi of Shakashe Str...Published: 01 Mar 2016 at 05:26hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
Storm over dead baboons
THE Hwange Local Board (HLB) has resorted to shooting baboons, an operation that is now being investigated by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA).Three baboons were sho...Published: 24 Feb 2016 at 11:03hrs | | by Leonard Ncube
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