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ZimParks Employee Arrested For Poaching Three Lions In Hwange National Park

5 months agoMon, 28 Oct 2024 09:20:04 GMT
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ZimParks Employee Arrested For Poaching Three Lions In Hwange National Park

An employee of the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Authority (ZimParks) has been accused of killing three lions whose dismembered carcasses were discovered at Hwange National Park in Matabeleland North on Tuesday of last week.

As reported by ZimLive, Hali Mabuya, 39, a game ranger stationed at Mtshibi Camp within the park, allegedly shot the lions using a rifle assigned to him.

His arrest came after he attempted to return the firearm to the armoury on October 22, asking a colleague to falsify the dates related to when he had signed for and returned the Point 458 rifle.

Prosecutors allege that Mabuya was involved with a poaching syndicate. He appeared in the Hwange Magistrates Court on Saturday, facing charges of unlawful hunting and unlawful possession of ammunition without a firearm certificate.

Prosecutor Jemesina Makanza said the recovered rifle has been linked to the bullets that killed the lions, and Mabuya was found in possession of 52 live rounds, including 30 for a Point 458 rifle, which ZimParks claims he was never issued.

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Mabuya was not asked to plead and was remanded in custody until November 1 by Magistrate Fungai Dzimbiri.

The three lions—two females and one male—were discovered with their paws and heads removed near the Dom Pan waterhole within the vast wildlife sanctuary.

Investigators also observed tyre marks and footprints at the scene, suggesting that the killing and dismembering of the animals involved several people.

ZimParks had offered a reward of US$2,000 for information leading to the identification of the poachers.

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14 Comments

povo · 5 months ago
he did his level best to support his family zvirikungoitawo vamwe varikupa nyika to the Chinese, Russian kuti mhuri dzavo dzirarame
zhwane · 5 months ago
kuthwa inyamazana ngezethu ama Zimbabweans so uryt ubulele kwezakhe kasaphindi futhi😄😄
Mercenary For Hire · 5 months ago
The report is incomplete without telling us where the paws and the heads are. Who and where are the other suspects? How much reward is being offered for recovery of the animal parts and how much for the other suspects?
fox · 5 months ago
hadzina kana basa regai dzipere coz dzapedza vanhu kunyanya nzou
🌄🧱🍓🎊💞🎂🏆 · 5 months ago
poachers are everywhere in the world because we want money more than anything and we can't control them,they always find reason to escape crimes they committed.who are these are guards and poachers.
g · 5 months ago
maybe uyo wekumeula aka offewa Mari Shoma than 2000 reward yakaiswa neparks. ndozvoroyesa mumabasa izvi
zb · 5 months ago
uyu musamusunga akauraya dzake in ndichauya ndouraya dzangu Handiti shumba ndedzedu here Saka wauraya yake haachisina shumba.
Corruptmore Looto · 5 months ago
You are crazy, the number of lions in the country is far much smaller than the number of citizens. Our ancestors also highly valued these animals hence mutupo, they are all ours we should protect them and desist from wantonly killing them
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fox · 5 months ago
chengeta iwe nemhuri yako shumba dzacho
Alibaba · 5 months ago
Shumba ndeye ZanuPf 😉
@Vhedza · 5 months ago
Inside job, t****ugh vetting is important on such employment, we learn from our mistakes then.
Mj · 5 months ago
Employees are not being paid enough hence engaging in such criminal activities so they can get some money
370H-55V O773H🙃 · 5 months ago
Money is never enough even if you get trillions, we've been there, nothing changed we still need to got sunken eyes and dialeted matama, cheeks,.. 🤷‍♂️

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