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Zimbabwe To Cull 200 Elephants To Feed Its Citizens Amid Drought
The decision follows Namibia's recent move to cull elephants and other wildlife to address food insecurity worsened by a prolonged drought.
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350 Elephants Killed By Rare Bacteria In Botswana And Zimbabwe, Researchers Say
The sudden deaths of African elephants in Botswana and Zimbabwe in 2020 provoked considerable public interest and speculation.
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49-Year-Old German Woman Killed In An Elephant Attack In Zimbabwe
A 49-year-old German woman was trampled to death by an elephant in a popular game reserve in northern Zimbabwe as she tried to photograph it, a wildlife official said Thursday.
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Donald Trump Takes U-Turn On Trophy Decision After Criticism, Keeps Ban
President Donald Trump said Friday he would uphold a ban on importing trophies of elephants hunted and killed in Zimbabwe, pending further review, reversing his own administration's decision from just a day earlier after a public outcry.
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President Trump To Reverse Ban On Elephant Trophies From Africa
Reversing an Obama-era ban, the Trump administration has decided to issue permits for elephant trophies from Zambia and Zimbabwe, which environmental groups say would lead to more poaching.
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Wild Elephant Menace At Hambantota Put Sri Lanka Cricket On Guard
Sri Lanka is to deploy game wardens to stop wild elephants straying onto the pitch when Hambantota hosts Zimbabwe for three ODI matches.
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Zimbabwe Journalists Charged Over Elephant Poisoning Story
Three Zimbabwean journalists were charged on Wednesday over a report alleging that several policemen and wildlife officials were involved in the poisoning of some 60 elephants in recent months.
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Zimbabwe Journalists Held Over Elephant Poaching Story
Zimbabwean police today arrested three journalists at a state newspaper over a story implicating police and parks officers in the poisoning of some 60 elephants, saying their report was false.
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Number of Zimbabwe Elephants Killed With Cyanide Rises to 60
Suspected poachers have used cyanide to kill 23 elephants in Zimbabwe's Hwange national park, raising the death toll there and in the northern part of the country to 60 since late September, officials said on Thursday.
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22 More Elephants Poisoned to Death in Zimbabwe
At least 22 more elephants have died from suspected poisoning by poachers near Zimbabwe's main game reserve, a parks official said today, as conservationists struggle to stem a spate of attacks.
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Huge Zimbabwe Elephant Killed Legally, Says Wildlife Authority
The hunt that killed one of the biggest elephants seen for years in Zimbabwe was legal, the wildlife authority said today.
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26 More Elephants Poisoned in Zimbabwe: Official
A total of 26 more elephants have been found dead from cyanide poisoning in Zimbabwe, taking the toll to 40 in two months, parks officials said today.
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Major US Airlines end Trophy Hunter Shipments After Cecil Outcry
Three US airlines have banned the transport of lion, leopard, elephant, rhino or buffalo killed by trophy hunters, in the latest fallout from the killing of Zimbabwe's Cecil the lion last month.
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Elephants and Antelopes on the Menu! Zimbabwe President's Wild Birthday Bash
Zimbabwe's President ushered in his 91st birthday by releasing 91 balloons into the sky, hosting 20,000 guests and serving elephants, lions and buffaloes.
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Man jailed for 15 years for poisoning elephants
A Zimbabwe court on Wednesday sentenced a poacher to more than 15 years in prison for poisoning and killing elephants with cyanide, the fourth such conviction in the country in a month.
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Zimbabwe To Cull 200 Elephants To Feed Its Citizens Amid Drought
The decision follows Namibia's recent move to cull elephants and other wildlife to address food insecurity worsened by a prolonged drought.
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350 Elephants Killed By Rare Bacteria In Botswana And Zimbabwe, Researchers Say
The sudden deaths of African elephants in Botswana and Zimbabwe in 2020 provoked considerable public interest and speculation.
-
49-Year-Old German Woman Killed In An Elephant Attack In Zimbabwe
A 49-year-old German woman was trampled to death by an elephant in a popular game reserve in northern Zimbabwe as she tried to photograph it, a wildlife official said Thursday.
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Donald Trump Takes U-Turn On Trophy Decision After Criticism, Keeps Ban
President Donald Trump said Friday he would uphold a ban on importing trophies of elephants hunted and killed in Zimbabwe, pending further review, reversing his own administration's decision from just a day earlier after a public outcry.
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President Trump To Reverse Ban On Elephant Trophies From Africa
Reversing an Obama-era ban, the Trump administration has decided to issue permits for elephant trophies from Zambia and Zimbabwe, which environmental groups say would lead to more poaching.
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Wild Elephant Menace At Hambantota Put Sri Lanka Cricket On Guard
Sri Lanka is to deploy game wardens to stop wild elephants straying onto the pitch when Hambantota hosts Zimbabwe for three ODI matches.
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Zimbabwe Journalists Charged Over Elephant Poisoning Story
Three Zimbabwean journalists were charged on Wednesday over a report alleging that several policemen and wildlife officials were involved in the poisoning of some 60 elephants in recent months.
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Zimbabwe Journalists Held Over Elephant Poaching Story
Zimbabwean police today arrested three journalists at a state newspaper over a story implicating police and parks officers in the poisoning of some 60 elephants, saying their report was false.
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Number of Zimbabwe Elephants Killed With Cyanide Rises to 60
Suspected poachers have used cyanide to kill 23 elephants in Zimbabwe's Hwange national park, raising the death toll there and in the northern part of the country to 60 since late September, officials said on Thursday.
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22 More Elephants Poisoned to Death in Zimbabwe
At least 22 more elephants have died from suspected poisoning by poachers near Zimbabwe's main game reserve, a parks official said today, as conservationists struggle to stem a spate of attacks.
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Huge Zimbabwe Elephant Killed Legally, Says Wildlife Authority
The hunt that killed one of the biggest elephants seen for years in Zimbabwe was legal, the wildlife authority said today.
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26 More Elephants Poisoned in Zimbabwe: Official
A total of 26 more elephants have been found dead from cyanide poisoning in Zimbabwe, taking the toll to 40 in two months, parks officials said today.
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Major US Airlines end Trophy Hunter Shipments After Cecil Outcry
Three US airlines have banned the transport of lion, leopard, elephant, rhino or buffalo killed by trophy hunters, in the latest fallout from the killing of Zimbabwe's Cecil the lion last month.
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Elephants and Antelopes on the Menu! Zimbabwe President's Wild Birthday Bash
Zimbabwe's President ushered in his 91st birthday by releasing 91 balloons into the sky, hosting 20,000 guests and serving elephants, lions and buffaloes.
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Man jailed for 15 years for poisoning elephants
A Zimbabwe court on Wednesday sentenced a poacher to more than 15 years in prison for poisoning and killing elephants with cyanide, the fourth such conviction in the country in a month.
