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Zambia: ZAWA Suspends Hunting Licences

By Muntanga Malindi



THE Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) has suspended the issuance of hunting licences in Mushingashi Conservancy following claims by the private ranching company that 30 elephants have been killed in the Kafue National Park.

ZAWA public relations officer, Sakabilo Kalembwe, said in a press release that the claims by the private ranching firm were sinister and aimed at embarrassing the Government.

Mushingashi Conservancy director, Darrel Watt said last week that at least 30 elephants have been killed in the area in the past six months.

This followed a recent incident where a lactating mammal was killed together with its baby with their tusks removed by suspected poachers.

Mr Kalembwe said ZAWA was fully aware of the scourge of elephant poaching which had not only hit Zambia but the continent at large.

He however, wondered how the private ranch could take pictures of the fresh carcasses of elephants and circulate them to the media without reporting the matter to ZAWA.

"Through our investigations as ZAWA, we understand the sinister motive being orchestrated by Mushingashi management that is bordering on embarrassing Government and seek for funding for its operations from well-wishers and non-governmental organisations to lower its costs.


"ZAWA would like to remind them to wind up their business properly without bringing the name of Government into disrepute if they have failed to manage the area," he said.

He said the ZAWA took such cases seriously and elephant poaching should be reported so that efforts were reinforced to prevent further slaughter.

Mr Kalembwe noted that the private game ranch was located about 30 km from the ZAWA Mumbwa office with necessary radio communication but Mr Watt could still not report any of the claimed cases.

Apart from the reliable radio communication, ZAWA also had base camp, belonging to an honorary wildlife police officer member and other game ranches that had game scouts in the vicinity.

Mushingashi itself claimed to have forty or more game scouts armed and equipped with radio communication and therefore should have communicated with the ZAWA after finding elephant carcasses.

He called on Mushingashi management to administer their business properly without bringing the name of Government into disrepute and not bring ZAWA to blame for its shortcomings.

Did Greg Brownlee post that he was going to Mushingashi this year?

IMHO, it sounds to me like someone got tired of reporting problems to the "proper" authorities without any "proper" response.

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Originally posted by 505 gibbs:
Did Greg Brownlee post that he was going to Mushingashi this year?

Indeed I did. Heard about this mess this morning.

Good luck, that's a neat piece of property...

Wow! Shut down hunting in a place that is a jewel because of hunting. Now that makes a lot of sense.

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Originally posted by 505 gibbs:
Good luck, that's a neat piece of property...

Thanks, it would be very disappointing if I wasn't able to go but I'm still hopeful it'll be resolved.

Only in Africa. If you really want to read a very interesting article on Ivory poaching, read this month's (September 2015) National Geographic lead article. Nothing in the article is about legitimate hunters, and it's all about poaching. The writer of the article commissioned some fake tusks to be made, with GPS tracking devices in them, and was able to successfully track their position and movement regarding one of that area's ivory poaching syndicates. It's a real eye opener about ivory poaching and who is involved in the same.

Classic Child Like African Politics...Shocking...
"You (Mushingashi) reported something (albeit absolutely true) we didn't want public"(especially with the recent focus on Shenannigans in Africa...formally Southern Rhodesia...but we are Northern Rhodesia now known as Zambia)
We are going to now take your licenses for embarassing us with something also known as an inconvenient truth....

Another Intelligent and Well Thought Out strategy by an African Government formerly known as Northern Rhodesia (in no way associated with Southern Rhodesia now known as Zimbabwe)

Are these people in charge of the government agencies in Africa real?
Did they even go to school?
WTF?
Unbelievable, almost as bad as Obama's appointees

So there poaching, and the government does not want anyone to know about it??

This has been reversed and hunting will resume as normal.

Looks like I'm still going hunting

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Originally posted by Greg Brownlee:
This has been reversed and hunting will resume as normal.

Looks like I'm still going hunting

Excellent news and good luck on your Leopard. Here there be monsters.

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Originally posted by fairgame:

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Originally posted by Greg Brownlee:
This has been reversed and hunting will resume as normal.

Looks like I'm still going hunting

Excellent news and good luck on your Leopard. Here there be monsters.

Expect a phone call when we've got a big cat in the salt!

Greg

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Originally posted by Greg Brownlee:

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Originally posted by fairgame:

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Originally posted by Greg Brownlee:
This has been reversed and hunting will resume as normal.

Looks like I'm still going hunting

Excellent news and good luck on your Leopard. Here there be monsters.

Expect a phone call when we've got a big cat in the salt!

Greg

Just holler up river mate and I will bring a bottle of something old and Scottish.

You hunting with Lance or Greg? Whoever they do not come much better.

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Originally posted by fairgame:

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Originally posted by Greg Brownlee:

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Originally posted by fairgame:

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Originally posted by Greg Brownlee:
This has been reversed and hunting will resume as normal.

Looks like I'm still going hunting

Excellent news and good luck on your Leopard. Here there be monsters.

Expect a phone call when we've got a big cat in the salt!

Greg

Just holler up river mate and I will bring a bottle of something old and Scottish.

You hunting with Lance or Greg? Whoever they do not come much better.

Sounds great to me, I'll have something from the Duty free in camp as well.

I'll be hunting with Lance.

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Originally posted by Greg Brownlee:

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Originally posted by fairgame:

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Originally posted by Greg Brownlee:

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Originally posted by fairgame:

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Originally posted by Greg Brownlee:
This has been reversed and hunting will resume as normal.

Looks like I'm still going hunting

Excellent news and good luck on your Leopard. Here there be monsters.

Expect a phone call when we've got a big cat in the salt!

Greg

Just holler up river mate and I will bring a bottle of something old and Scottish.

You hunting with Lance or Greg? Whoever they do not come much better.

Sounds great to me, I'll have something from the Duty free in camp as well.

I'll be hunting with Lance.

Probably one of the best in the business. He will put you onto a good cat.