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MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
Mon Jul 10, 2017, 05:52 PM Jul 2017

Well known elephant poacher shot dead in Zimbabwe.

'Well known' elephant poacher shot dead in Zim
News24 Correspondent | News24
16:01 01/07/2017
Hwange - An elephant poacher has been shot dead in a contact with game scouts in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, a conservation group says.

The scouts tracked a group of four poachers after shots were heard early on Thursday near Hwange’s 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

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Well known elephant poacher shot dead in Zimbabwe. (Original Post) MoonRiver Jul 2017 OP
Pity they didn't take out all of them. dhol82 Jul 2017 #1
They're on the run and one is wounded. MoonRiver Jul 2017 #2
That ups the price of ivory. lpbk2713 Jul 2017 #3
The hunt is on! longship Jul 2017 #4
I like it! Maybe Mueller can fill in for the elephant! MoonRiver Jul 2017 #5
Look at these tiny d**k assholes (Trump bros) ...disgusting nmgaucho Jul 2017 #6
Uday and Qusay bag another one ResistantAmerican17 Jul 2017 #15
May I just say... 50 Shades Of Blue Jul 2017 #7
Hope they find the other 3. sinkingfeeling Jul 2017 #8
good riddance!!!!!!!! Takket Jul 2017 #9
My elephant group on fb will definitely update! MoonRiver Jul 2017 #10
Yawn. broadcaster90210 Jul 2017 #11
Just curious if you support elephant murderers. You post seems to imply that. MoonRiver Jul 2017 #12
111 posts in 6 years' time, and this is one of them. VOX Jul 2017 #13
Yeah MoonRiver Jul 2017 #14
Sounds like something billh58 Jul 2017 #35
What's wrong with you? shanti Jul 2017 #27
You do not care that elephants are being killed Duppers Jul 2017 #28
Elephants are indeed a very smart animal. I don't see why people need to hunt them. StevieM Jul 2017 #41
Member since 2011 with 112 brilliant posts like this IronLionZion Jul 2017 #37
Yours being the "infantile American attention span..." you've mentioned before? LanternWaste Jul 2017 #38
Is it wrong that I'm smiling? calimary Jul 2017 #16
100% agree MoonRiver Jul 2017 #22
Sounds like good news to me. Starry Messenger Jul 2017 #17
Good. I hope they take out the rest of them. catbyte Jul 2017 #18
Rough Justice and Well Deserved Edina Jul 2017 #19
Aw hell. I thought this was about Don Jr. trof Jul 2017 #20
At first I was gonna cry---then I looked closer. YAY! BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2017 #21
My husband said the wardens should have had machine guns. MoonRiver Jul 2017 #23
I would support that. BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2017 #25
So, this happened back in January of this year? MagickMuffin Jul 2017 #24
My first thought is that I'm disappointed marybourg Jul 2017 #26
Good! Too bad they didn't take them all out. Luciferous Jul 2017 #29
Hunting for sport, trophy's or poaching is horrible! lib-ruhl Jul 2017 #30
Now he knew what it was like to be hunted. Oneironaut Jul 2017 #31
We want Iggo!! We want Iggo!! (eom) StevieM Jul 2017 #32
Actually, poacher testicles are a well known cancer cure jberryhill Jul 2017 #33
! irisblue Jul 2017 #34
Why don't we get all the hunters Jakes Progress Jul 2017 #36
karma! berksdem Jul 2017 #39
too bad they didn't get all four. niyad Jul 2017 #40

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
12. Just curious if you support elephant murderers. You post seems to imply that.
Mon Jul 10, 2017, 07:00 PM
Jul 2017

But please correct me if I am wrong.

Duppers

(28,120 posts)
28. You do not care that elephants are being killed
Mon Jul 10, 2017, 08:13 PM
Jul 2017

right and left??!!! They are very intelligent, sensitive animals unlike insensitive humans.



StevieM

(10,500 posts)
41. Elephants are indeed a very smart animal. I don't see why people need to hunt them.
Thu Jul 20, 2017, 04:26 PM
Jul 2017

To me it is like hunting an ape or a dolphin.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
38. Yours being the "infantile American attention span..." you've mentioned before?
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 09:31 AM
Jul 2017

Yours being the "infantile American attention span..." you've mentioned before?

calimary

(81,238 posts)
16. Is it wrong that I'm smiling?
Mon Jul 10, 2017, 07:22 PM
Jul 2017

I think poaching of precious endangered species should be a death-penalty offense.

Edina

(22 posts)
19. Rough Justice and Well Deserved
Mon Jul 10, 2017, 07:28 PM
Jul 2017

...this sorry excuse for a human being can never take another elephant life again.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
21. At first I was gonna cry---then I looked closer. YAY!
Mon Jul 10, 2017, 07:31 PM
Jul 2017

The only good poacher is a dead poacher. 👍🏾

Thank you Hwange Park Game Wardens!! 👏🏾❤️👏🏾

Sure hope the other three die.

marybourg

(12,631 posts)
26. My first thought is that I'm disappointed
Mon Jul 10, 2017, 07:45 PM
Jul 2017

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).

lib-ruhl

(127 posts)
30. Hunting for sport, trophy's or poaching is horrible!
Mon Jul 10, 2017, 08:29 PM
Jul 2017

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.

Jakes Progress

(11,122 posts)
36. Why don't we get all the hunters
Mon Jul 10, 2017, 10:36 PM
Jul 2017

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.

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