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Jesse Halfway Hotel: The fall of a luxurious stopover
A pungent smell of urine engulfs the environs around Jesse Halfway Hotel, located right in the middle of Bulawayo and Beitbridge, in the West Nicholson area, at an equi-distance of 160 kilometres....Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Animal rights body takes swipe at Ramaphosa
Anyone involved in trophy hunting has some level of moral disconnect, so the fact that President Cyril Ramaphosa was potentially involved in other crimes was not surprising.This is the view of...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 08:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's growing elephant problem
ONE late April evening, Christina Mudzongachiso and her husband were about to head home after a day in their cotton fields in Mbire, a rural community in northern Zimbabwe.That's when a lone e...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:43hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
American hunter kills another Zimbabwe iconic lion
ANOTHER iconic male lion was killed by an American hunter using a bow and arrow in the giant Hwange National Park, sparking global outrage.The lion, named Mopane, was killed last week outside ...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Trophy Hunting escalates Human Wildlife Conflict' - CNRG
AN animal rights group, the Centre for Natural Resource Governance has condemned the Government of Zimbabwe's decision of selling hunting rights of the endangered elephants to fund its conservation ef...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 11:41hrs | 2 | by George Swarei
Hwange school neglected two years after storm
The state of Ndangababi Primary School in Cross Dete reflects that of many rural schools in Hwange district. Lack of furniture and dilapidated classroom blocks are commonplace.Attending lesson...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
'You have blood on your hands,' Botswana President told
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi was at the weekend interjected by an animal rights activist as he addressed a diamond conference in Las Vegas, United States for lifting the ban on the hunt of ele...Published: 03 Jun 2019 at 09:22hrs | 1 | by Gibson Nyathi
US poll says NO to Botswana plans to hunt and cull elephants
As the Botswana government rumbles towards the lifting of the ban on hunting its famous wildlife, an authoritative poll in the United States, from which the second greatest number of foreign tourists ...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 08:58hrs | 4 | by Don Pinnock
Founded on cruelty, fuelled by money
Are we about to see the end of one of South Africa's most infamous practices - Captive Lion Breeding (CLB) for hunting and trading of their parts? If Parliament adopts the recommendations of a hard-hi...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 11:56hrs | 2 | by Andreas Wilson-Späth
U.S. the biggest importer of endangered African wildlife trophies
The United States remains the biggest importer of trophy-hunted endangered animals in the world in spite of Donald Trump's recent public comments overturning a decision by the US Departmen...Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 09:02hrs | 20 | by Adam Cruise
Irregularities surrounding death of Cecil the Lion's son
The death of Cecil's son, Xanda at the hands of trophy hunters on 7 July is mired in confusion. He was shot just outside Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park, near the spot his father had been killed by Am...Published: 01 Aug 2017 at 09:27hrs | | by Adam Cruise
Zimbabwe should not allow export of Xanda's remains without a full investigation, says HSI
In a letter to The Honorable Oppah Muchinguri MP, the Minister of Environment, Water and Climate of Zimbabwe, Humane Society International is calling on the government of Zimbabwe to investigate the i...Published: 26 Jul 2017 at 16:08hrs | 1 | by Agencies
We can sell rhino horn says SA Environment Minister Edna Molewa
According to the Department of Environmental Affairs, the time has come to sell rhino horn. Speaking in a Parliamentary portfolio committee on Tuesday, Minister Edna Molewa said there had been a morit...Published: 21 Feb 2017 at 20:13hrs | 1 | by Don Pinnock
Peta launches Cecil-inspired 'condoms for hunters' campaign
PETA Distributes 'Huntsman' Condoms as a Way to Nip Future Generations of Animal-Slayers in the Bud Harare -...Published: 15 Apr 2016 at 09:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Hunters hold African wildlife to ransom
The worlds wealthiest hunting organization, Safari Club International (SCI) and professional hunting groups, met behind closed doors with the South African Department of Environment (DEA) ...Published: 21 Nov 2015 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Adam Cruise
SA government and US hunters plotting future for SA's wildlife
American hunters and SA's Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) are meeting behind closed doors at a resort near Polokwane today to plan the future use of SA's wildlife. The four day conference of...Published: 10 Nov 2015 at 06:48hrs | | by Don Pinnock
Driven hunt organizer implicated in land deal irregularities
The playgrounds of trigger-happy trophy hunters are far removed from the fertile fruit farms of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape. But a recent television expose of driven hunting - has established a ...Published: 18 Sep 2015 at 10:22hrs | 1 | by Hazel Friedman
Killing of Cecil sparks calls to ban trophy hunting
The maiming with a crossbow and later killing of Cecil, the famous Hwange lion, by American dentist Walter Palmer has led to an international firestorm of protest and calls for the...Published: 03 Aug 2015 at 18:10hrs | 1 | by Don Pinnock
Professional hunters to reconsider lion hunting policy
In an unprecedented move, the Professional Hunters' Association of South Africa (PHASA) has been told that its "position on lion hunting is no longer tenable".In an email sent to PHASA mem...Published: 27 Jul 2015 at 07:26hrs | | by Andreas Wilson-Spath
SA doccie reveals the shocking truth behind lion breeding
Blood Lions, a new documentary film delivers a damning verdict on the rapidly growing South African industry that breeds, hunts and trades lions in captivity.'Blood Lions', a hard-hitting...Published: 24 Jul 2015 at 14:27hrs | | by Andreas Wilson-Späth
Zimbabwe hunting revenue decline by 30%
Zimbabwe recorded a 30% decline in revenue from sport hunting since the United States banned all ivory and elephant trophies from Zimbabwe last April, an official said at the end of last month....Published: 18 Feb 2015 at 12:39hrs | 3 | by Adam Cruise
Chopper crash pilot jailed
A SOUTH African apartheid soldier who crashed his helicopter at a safari farm near West Nicholson, and then buried the wreckage, was beginning a three-and-a-half year jail term last night. Se...Published: 07 Jun 2014 at 07:26hrs | 5 | by Tendai Rupapa
ZAPU: Condolence message to the Maisiri family
We have learnt with deep sadness the death of 12 year old Christpower Simbarashe Maisiri in a mysterious fire at his home in Headlands on the 23rd of February 2013. While investigations continue to e...Published: 26 Feb 2013 at 19:20hrs | 1 | by Mso Ndlovu, ZAPU Regional Director for Information, Publicity and Marketing.
The world's newest snake has two spiky horns
Nairobi - The world's newest snake has menacing-looking yellow and black scales, dull green eyes and two spiky horns. And it's named after a 7-year-old girl.Matilda's Horned Viper was discove...Published: 11 Jan 2012 at 15:01hrs | 1 | by AP
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