The Zimbabwean

Unethical Hunting
CHINHOYI - Dendales, formerly Eden Hunt Safaris, is a 16 000 hectare game
farm, 40 km from Chihoyi on the Sanyati Road which is home to about 100
elephant and a large number of plains game of varying species. The owner,
Charles Ridley was evicted and the ranch was taken over by a relative of a
prominent Zanu (PF) cabinet minister.
According to the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force, the new settler of
Dendales is now selling hunts on the property and hunters are invited to
shoot as much as they want. "No hunting quota has been issued and three
professional hunters have already been there and shot two elephants and a
substantial number of plains game. We have the names of these hunters on
record if anybody is interested. A simple phone call is all that is required
to hunt there," said the report.

Disgusting...thanks for the info Kathi

Zim is ruined...

It is a real shame what has happened to Zim and 'Robber-Bob' Mugabe has a lot to answer for.

It is a shame for Charles Ridley, too. Charles came out to the SCI show in Sydney, a couple of years back to sell his hunts, and I had a number of long chats with him and he seemed like a genuinely nice guy.

The saddest thing is that even if Mad Bob died tomorrow and even if a stable and sensible government was established straight afterwards it would take many years for the country and it's game populations to recover.....In reality, even if he died tomorrow there's no guarantee that whoever takes over will be any better than the current lunatic.

The many people who saw the best times must look at what's going on now and weep...

Sad for a once beautiful and wonderful country.
Will never return.

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Originally posted by invader66:
Will never return.

Who knows? Stranger things have happened.

I started hunting in Zim in late 90's before the land BS started. I've been back 5 times since, very very sad the change... I've made some exremely good friends there, isn't a day that goes by that I'm not thinking of them.

I'm going back next year to hunt again, I've had nothing but good hunts, but you wonder "How much longer"

Is there any country that is run better under black rule than it was under colonial rule or apartheid?

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Originally posted by 500grains:
Is there any country that is run better under black rule than it was under colonial rule or apartheid?

5oo grains the answer to your question is none.
Unfortunately despite being an african I do have to face facts.