ZIMBABWE CONSERVATION TASK FORCE
5th February 2008
ANOTHER ELEPHANT SHOT IN CHARARA
Following hard on the heels of the tragic shooting of Tusker, another Charara elephant was shot on Saturday 2nd February.
According to reports, a cook who was employed at Wild Heritage went on a "beer drink" on Friday night and didn't come home. His wife went to look for him on Saturday morning and found his dead body on the side of the road. Although there were no signs of any injuries to the body, the wife decided that he must have been killed by an elephant. No autopsy was carried out to determine the cause of death and nobody witnessed the "elephant attack".
National Parks arrived a little later and shot an elephant who happened to be in the area at the time. Apparently, about 30 shots were fired.
Johnny Rodrigues
Chairman for Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force
Tel: 263 4 336710
Fax/Tel: 263 4 339065
Mobile: 263 11 603 213
Email: galorand@mweb.co.zw
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=15148470211
Website: www.zimbabwe-art.com
Website: www.zctf.mweb.co.zw
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Another elephant shot at Charara!
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25 Feb 08
Infuriating isn't it?!
No proof at all that an elephant was involved and yet the innocent elephant was killed. I'm sure if an elephant had indeed killed this man, there would have been visible proof of a tusk mark, fractures and/or also elephant foot prints all around the body.
Sounds like National Parks doesn't really know much about the wildlife they are supposed to protect.
