Topic: 22 more elephants poisoned to death in Zimbabwe - page 2. (Read 1055 times)
Tragically, they'll be lots more of these pachyderm poisonings by cyanide. The poachers that can manage to obtain it will use it for it's stealth, to avoid loud gunshots. This is pure evil. Those responsible must be jailed without food for a couple days, then fed a delicious meal laced with cyanide.
aw...why are they doing this?
Money, money, money... this is catastrophe. Poor elephants, just cause someone wants some jewelry. After this kind of news i loose faith in future, we will never see good times, and this is just one more proof of people's evil. How many animals needs to die until we figure it out what we are doing is bad? And this people that do this things, and people that buys it are just crazy.. are they ready to kill all animals in world cause of fashion?
If a person is a suspected poacher (and I'm sure there are some who are), don't give them a trial or a chance to "redeem" themselves. Shoot them on sight! What will they do when all the elephants and rhinos are gone (and they are disappearing at a phenomenal rate)? What will they turn their attention to next?
These people are just looking for the fast buck with no thought to what will happen in the future. Those that purchase the "products" should also be punished severely! No questions, no defense, nothing! Just punishment!
These people are just looking for the fast buck with no thought to what will happen in the future. Those that purchase the "products" should also be punished severely! No questions, no defense, nothing! Just punishment!
aw...why are they doing this?
At least 22 more elephants have died from suspected poisoning by poachers near Zimbabwe's main game reserve, a parks official said Tuesday, as conservationists struggle to stem a spate of attacks.
"We recovered 22 elephant carcasses in the Sinamatela area yesterday and so far we have also recovered 35 tusks," Caroline Washaya, spokeswoman for the parks and wildlife management authority, told AFP.
"Initial investigations indicate that there was cyanide poisoning. We continue to lobby for deterrent penalties for people found with poisonous substances such as cyanide.
"We can't continue to lose wildlife at such a rate."
The latest deaths came less than two weeks after 26 elephants died from poisoning in two separate incidents outside Hwange National Park, in the resort town of Kariba and near Zimbabwe's border with Botswana.
And last month, at least 14 elephants died of poisoning in various attacks.
Poaching is common in Zimbabwe's game parks with elephants and rhino as the main targets for their tusks and horns which are smuggled to eastern Asian countries.
Last year, more than 300 elephants died after suspected poachers placed cyanide near their watering holes.
"We recovered 22 elephant carcasses in the Sinamatela area yesterday and so far we have also recovered 35 tusks," Caroline Washaya, spokeswoman for the parks and wildlife management authority, told AFP.
"Initial investigations indicate that there was cyanide poisoning. We continue to lobby for deterrent penalties for people found with poisonous substances such as cyanide.
"We can't continue to lose wildlife at such a rate."
The latest deaths came less than two weeks after 26 elephants died from poisoning in two separate incidents outside Hwange National Park, in the resort town of Kariba and near Zimbabwe's border with Botswana.
And last month, at least 14 elephants died of poisoning in various attacks.
Poaching is common in Zimbabwe's game parks with elephants and rhino as the main targets for their tusks and horns which are smuggled to eastern Asian countries.
Last year, more than 300 elephants died after suspected poachers placed cyanide near their watering holes.
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