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News24 Correspondent | News24
16:01 01/07/2017
Hwange - An elephant poacher has been shot dead in a contact with game scouts in Zimbabwes Hwange National Park, a conservation group says.
The scouts tracked a group of four poachers after shots were heard early on Thursday near Hwanges Main Camp and an elephant bull carcass minus its tusks was discovered, said the Bhejane Trust.
Later they discovered "the poachers removing ivory from (a second) elephant carcass, and at a distance of 70 metres, they opened up, the group said in a statement.
The one poacher was shot dead and another seriously injured. The wounded poacher and his two accomplices escaped.
http://m.news24.com/news24/Africa/Zimbabwe/well-known-elephant-poacher-shot-dead-20170701
dhol82
(9,353 posts)MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Hopefully they will be caught and dealt with. BASTARDS!
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)Maybe the poachers will rethink whether it is really worth it.
longship
(40,416 posts)If only. Elephants are awesome animals. Don Jr. is a despicable curr!
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)nmgaucho
(527 posts)ResistantAmerican17
(3,806 posts)Those scuz bucket *ucks.
50 Shades Of Blue
(9,989 posts)< huge screaming font > G O O D !!!!!!!< / huge screaming font >
sinkingfeeling
(51,454 posts)Takket
(21,564 posts)MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)broadcaster90210
(333 posts)nt
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)But please correct me if I am wrong.
VOX
(22,976 posts)Y A W N indeed.
billh58
(6,635 posts)a sock puppet would post...
shanti
(21,675 posts)Duppers
(28,120 posts)right and left??!!! They are very intelligent, sensitive animals unlike insensitive humans.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)To me it is like hunting an ape or a dolphin.
IronLionZion
(45,438 posts)Thank you for this!
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Yours being the "infantile American attention span..." you've mentioned before?
calimary
(81,240 posts)I think poaching of precious endangered species should be a death-penalty offense.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)catbyte
(34,381 posts)Edina
(22 posts)...this sorry excuse for a human being can never take another elephant life again.
trof
(54,256 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)The only good poacher is a dead poacher. 👍🏾
Thank you Hwange Park Game Wardens!! 👏🏾❤️👏🏾
Sure hope the other three die.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Whatever it takes to stop poachers. I feel zero sympathy for them.
MagickMuffin
(15,937 posts)Still good news to say the least!
marybourg
(12,631 posts)this happens so rarely that it makes the news. It should be happening so often that it's a
Y A W N (to steal a word from a post above).
Luciferous
(6,079 posts)lib-ruhl
(127 posts)These magnificent animals are defenseless against bullets. They often are wounded and die a slow, painful death. How people can take down these beautiful creatures is heartbreaking to say the least.
Oneironaut
(5,494 posts)Nice shot and good riddance!
StevieM
(10,500 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Jakes Progress
(11,122 posts)who love guns and shooting things to hunt poachers. Make it legal and pay a bounty. Gotta be better than shooting squirrels and rabbits.
Think about it. You could form hunting expeditions that the hunters would pay for. They could bait watering holes and bring home trophies. They might even get Uday.