Police in
Zimbabwe have arrested 12 poachers of endangered pangolin so far this
year and eight of them have already been handed heavy jail sentences, a
pangolin protection trust said on Monday. The Tikki Hywood Trust called the clampdown "encouraging”.
The poachers were arrested in seven separate cases between January and
March. They come from Harare, Nyamapanda in eastern Zimbabwe and Guruve
and Kwekwe in central Zimbabwe, the trust said in a statement.
Total No of Rhinos slaughtered in South Africa to End of December 2021 = 451 Official figures. Note: the number of wild rhinos in Kruger has declined from 3,500 to 2,800 in one year. Read my blog below for Headlines from around the World concerning the Global Catastrophe that is causing the biggest mass extinction since the Permian Period, and News of the fight to stop the slaughter of the Planet's Wildlife before it is too late.
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