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Lions devour suspected poacher, leaving only his head and some body parts

February 19, 2018 by Infinite

– Lions devour suspected poacher, leaving only his head and some body parts:

(KUTV) – A suspected big cat poacher is no longer in business after being devoured by the prey he was hunting.

BBC News reported police investigating the alleged poacher’s death said the African lions near the Kruger National Park in South Africa ate the man, leaving only his head and a few body parts.

“It seems the victim was poaching in the game park when he was attacked and killed by lions,” Limpopo police spokesman Moatshe Ngoepe told AFP and was quoted in the BBC report.

‘Am I going to get out of here alive?’ In one of Africa’s most dangerous corners, a fight to the death for the elephants

December 24, 2017 by Infinite

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– ‘Am I going to get out of here alive?’ In one of Africa’s most dangerous corners, a fight to the death for the elephants:

Kambale Mate huddled beneath a tangle of grass, looking up at bright stars in a moonless sky, a tumble of chaotic events cascading through his mind.

Where were the other wildlife rangers, Jean de Dieu Matongo and Joel Meriko Ari? Were they alive?

He had been a ranger for only five months at Garamba National Park, the last remaining preserve for disappearing populations of elephants and giraffes in this part of Africa. Yet here he was with two comrades, hiding like small, petrified mammals in the grass. If any of them moved, a large band of poachers nearby could find and kill them.

A hassock of grass cradled his back as he looked up. He couldn’t remember quite how he had escaped the shrieking storm of bullets. What he remembered was the crunch of the crisp, dry leaves as boot steps crept through the dusk.

The world is experiencing an epidemic of environmental killings. Last year 200 environmental defenders — citizens protesting mining, agribusiness, oil and gas development and logging, as well as land rights activists and wildlife rangers — were killed, according to the London-based nonprofit Global Witness. In the first 11 months of this year, the number was 170.

50 Rhino Poachers Shot Dead After India Unleashes “Zero Tolerance” Conservation Policy

February 18, 2017 by Infinite

– 50 Rhino Poachers Shot Dead After India Unleashes “Zero Tolerance” Conservation Policy:

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“The instruction is whenever you see poachers or hunters, we should start our guns and hunt them.”

“You shoot them?”

“Yah, yah. Fully ordered to shoot them. Whenever you see the poachers or any people during night-time we are ordered to shoot them.”

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Game beware: it’s the return of the poacher

November 17, 2008 by Infinite

As times get harder in Britain’s cities, armed gangs are heading for the countryside – and stealing deer, salmon and rabbits to feed a burgeoning black market in food. Andy McSmith reports

Masked poachers caught in the act, hunting rabbits on private land

Once, the poacher was a man with big pockets in his raincoat sneaking on to an aristocrat’s land to steal game for his family pot. Now he is likely to be part of a gang from town, in it for hard cash, rampaging through the countryside with guns, crossbows or snares.

Police in rural areas across Britain are reporting a dramatic increase in poaching, as the rise in food prices and the reality of recession increases the temptation to deal in stolen venison, salmon, or rarer meat and fish.

Organised and sometimes armed gangs of poachers are accused of behaving dangerously, intimidating residents, causing damage to crops or to gates and fences. Squads have also been out in the countryside “lamping”, poachers using lights to transfix animals.