http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-33752403



Zimbabwe seeks second American 'lion killer'
48 minutes ago



Zimbabwe says it is seeking a second American over the illegal killing of a lion, as the outcry over the death of famed animal Cecil continues.
The National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority said the man from Pennsylvania killed a lion in April.
A Zimbabwean land owner has since been arrested, the agency said.
Cecil was shot illegally in July. Zimbabwe is seeking the extradition of the man who killed him, Walter Palmer of Minnesota.
The National Parks authority gave little information on the new case, but said on Sunday that the killing of the lion had taken place without a permit.
It said the hunt had been arranged by a Zimbabwean man who owned a safari company. The man they are seeking is from Pennsylvania.
The authority said in a statement that it had agreed to "undertake an industry-wide investigation to crack down and weed out any illegal hunting activities", but it was not clear if the latest case had emerged from that investigation.


Mr Palmer, a dentist, is believed to have paid about $50,000 (£32,000) to hunt Cecil, a major tourist attraction in the Hwange National Park.
He says he thought the hunt was legal and was unaware Cecil was protected.
There has been
a huge online backlash
against Mr Palmer.
The dental practice he runs in Minneapolis has been closed since he was named as the hunter who shot Cecil.
On Thursday, the White House said it would review a public petition to extradite the American dentist after more than 100,000 signed it.
But spokesman Josh Earnest said it was up to the US justice department to respond to any extradition order.

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/...n-illegal-lion-hunt/



Zimbabwe Alleges 2nd American Involved In Illegal Lion Hunt
August 2, 2015 9:16 AM


HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A second American killed a lion in an illegal hunt with a bow and arrow in Zimbabwe several months ago, amid an international outcry over a U.S. hunter accused of illegally killing a well-known lion named Cecil in early July, authorities said Sunday.
The second American was involved in an illegal hunt of a lion in April around Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, said the National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority in a statement. A Zimbabwean landowner named Headman Sibanda was arrested in the case and is assisting police with their investigation, the authority said.
Zimbabwean authorities earlier said they are seeking the extradition of Minnesota dentist Walter James Palmer, alleging he did not have authorization to kill the lion named Cecil a month ago. The lion was lured out of Hwange park and first wounded with a bow and arrow before being tracked down and shot, according to conservationists in Zimbabwe. Palmer has said he relied on his professional guides to ensure the hunt was legal.
Two Zimbabwean citizens were arrested and face charges in the case in which Palmer has been implicated.
On Saturday, Zimbabwe’s wildlife authority said it had suspended the hunting of lions, leopards and elephants in the Hwange area. Bow and arrow hunts were also suspended and can only be approved by the head of the wildlife authority.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new...we-article-1.2312231


Hunter named.

http://www.zimparks.org/index....-and-monitoring-fund



MEASURES TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE TO IMPROVE THE ADMINISTRATION OF HUNTING IN THE COUNTRY.



Following the illegal killing of an iconic lion, Cecil, outside the Hwange National Park on Antoinette farm in Gwayi River Conservancy on the 1st of July 2015, it has become necessary that the Government of Zimbabwe further tightens hunting regulations in all areas outside the National Parks Estate.

The Government of Zimbabwe has directed Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority in conjunction with other law enforcement agencies to undertake an industry wide investigation to crack down and weed out any illegal hunting activities. The investigations have since found and arrested another culprit, Headman Sibanda, on allegations of breaching hunting regulations in that he hunted without a quota and permit at his Railway Farm 31 and is also the owner of Nyala Safaris which conducted the hunt. It has since been established that his client is also an American called Jan Casmir Sieski who was in the country in April 2015.Mr Sieski’s registered the following address on the TRAS 2, 4660 Twin Oaks Drive, Murrysville PA, 15668, Pennysyvania. Sibanda is currently assisting Police with investigations.

Contrary to media reports circulating on social network media sites and copied from Mr Johnny Rodrigues’s website alleging that another popular icon lion known as Jericho was killed. Investigations have since established that Jericho is still alive and monitored by the lion research project in Hwange National Park who confirmed sighting Jericho as at 7am on 2 August 2015.

Government, in addition to investigations has put in place the following measures with immediate effect;

Hunting of lions, leopards and elephants in areas outside of Hwange National Park has been suspended .Government is also directing all those currently in the field to stop their hunting activities and withdraw.
Government is very much aware of the financial implications on the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, the Safari Industry, CAMPFIRE Communities and Wildlife Producers affected by this suspension and therefore appeals for funding from the donor community and well-wishers to assist Zimbabwe Parks and Management Authority to thoroughly investigate operations of this important hunting industry. Financial resources generated will ensure that Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority has sufficient capacity to monitor the activities of this important hunting industry as required by law. Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority has set up a specific wildlife conservation and monitoring fund for this purpose and well-wishers can deposit the funds into
Barclays Bank, Mgundumu Safaris Branch Code 2157 Account Number 6614241.



All stakeholders who include wildlife producers, professional hunters, safari operators association of Zimbabwe ,CAMPFIRE Districts, Wildlife Civic society groups and Zimbabwe Conservation Task force , are being called for an urgent meeting at Zimparks HQ AT 10:00AM on the 4th of August 2015

http://news.yahoo.com/zimbabwe...-hunt-131251250.html



Zimbabwe alleges 2nd American illegally hunted lion
Associated Press By FARAI MUTSAKA
11 minutes ago

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Another American illegally hunted and killed a lion in Zimbabwe several months ago, authorities said Sunday amid an international outcry over the U.S. hunter accused of illegally killing a well-known lion named Cecil in early July.


This American was identified as Jan Casimir Seski of Murrysville, Pennsylvania, by Zimbabwe's National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority. It's statement said Seski killed the lion with a bow and arrow in April around Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park.

A Zimbabwean landowner, Headman Sibanda, was arrested is assisting police in the Seski scase, the wildlife authority said.

Seski is a gynecological oncologist who directs the Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery at Allegheny General Hospital.

He's also an active big-game hunter, according to safari outfitters and bow-hunting sites that have posted pictures of kills identifying "Dr. Jan Seski" as the man standing next to slain animals including elephants, an impala, a kudu, a Nyala, a hippo and an ostrich.

Those images match the doctor's appearance in pictures on his medical practice's website, where Seski's information in turn matches that of Jan Seski in Murrysville.

The Associated Press called and knocked on the door at Seski's home, which is secluded from neighbors and set back among woods in a rural area outside Pittsburgh. The AP also left a message with an answering service for his medical practice, with no immediate response.

National Parks spokeswoman Caroline Washaya Moyo said Seski had provided his name and other identifying information for a government database when he came for the hunt.

"When hunters come into the country they fill a document stating their personal details, the amount they have paid for the hunt, the number of animals to be hunted, the species to be hunted and the area and period where that hunt is supposed to take place," she said. "The American conducted his hunt in an area where lion hunting is outlawed. The landowner who helped him with the hunt also did not have a have a quota for lion hunting."

Stewart Dorrington, who owns a game reserve in neighboring South Africa where Seski hunted several years ago, said the American seemed like a "perfect gentleman" and came on his own. Dorrington, who operates Melorani Safaris in North West province, said he had not had any contact with Seski since 2012.

"He was a great guy," Dorrington said. "Everything he did was perfectly legal and above board and a great help to our conservation efforts."

Dorrington said he had converted his cattle ranch into a game reserve in the 1980s, and that funds from the trophy hunting of antelope were essential to conserving the wildlife population.

Two illegal lion hunts also were recorded last year in Zimbabwe, said Geoffrey Matipano, conservation director for the wildlife authority. He did not provide details on those cases.

Zimbabwean authorities earlier said they will seek the extradition of Minnesota dentist Walter James Palmer, alleging he did not have authorization to kill the lion named Cecil a month ago. The lion was lured out of Hwange park and first wounded with a bow and arrow before being tracked down and shot, according to conservationists in Zimbabwe. Palmer has said he relied on his professional guides to ensure his hunt was legal.

Two Zimbabwean citizens were arrested and face charges in the case in which Palmer has been implicated.

On Saturday, Zimbabwe's wildlife authority said it had suspended the hunting of lions, leopards and elephants in the Hwange area. Bow and arrow hunts were also suspended and can only be approved by the head of the wildlife authority.

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Contributors include Christopher Torchia in Johannesburg, Kristen De Groot and Ron Todt in Philadelphia and Zach Brendza in Murrysville, Pennsylvania.

OK how many anti's are going to "ante" up $50,000 or even $5000 or how about $500 to "assist" the Zim National Parks people to "monitor the activities of this important hunting industry as required by law"?

My guess is Parks will be open for business in about two weeks.

So now Zim Parks is releasing the name and address of another hunter. Will another professional career be destroyed. Wonder how many of us will be hunting Zimbabwe in the future?

Zim Parks opening up a bank account so well-wishers can deposit funds. Wonder what Singapore bank account they will be routed to?

Uncle Bob and his minions strike again--
This is the result of the rampant corruption in Uncle Bob's regime-

How much would you bet that Dr. Seski also had what he thought to be proper permits and papers.

Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority has set up a specific wildlife conservation and monitoring fund for this purpose and well-wishers can deposit the funds into
Barclays Bank, Mgundumu Safaris Branch Code 2157 Account Number 6614241.
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That's zim parks original safari company name they used when they first operated unit 5 in matetsi, with USA booking agent Ron Oliver of Zimbabwe wildlife safaris. They had some disastrous hunts, then changed the company name to matetsi 5 safaris. So that is not a newly opened account!!

There is ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY at zim parks , we can't see people flocking to send them money. But then again we could be wrong, if people fund ZCTF any thing is possible.

we will wait and see if a new batch of top of the range SUV's appear at zim parks HQ, then we will know money has started coming in.....

http://news.nationalgeographic...-donations-now-what/



There has been a huge amount of donations since the lion killing incident.

quote:

Originally posted by Kathi:
http://news.nationalgeographic...-donations-now-what/

There has been a huge amount of donations since the lion killing incident.

If you read the Morges Manifesto, founding document of the World-Wide Fund for Nature, its pretty easy to see what happened. The WWF came up with a model that has been replicated over-and-over again by other conservation organizations.

As I write in my upcoming (at some point) book:

" ... but the WWFs mandate was not to protect Africa’s wildlife directly, it was to raise the funds which would be required to achieve that end, and the Morges Manifesto was quite clear about that – that the purpose of the WWF was to raise money …

" Money for education and propaganda among those who would care and help if only they understood. Money to send out experts to danger spots and to train more local wardens and helpers in Africa and elsewhere. Money to maintain a sort of ‘war-room’ … making it possible to ensure that their needs are met before it is too late ."

"But the best of intentions don’t always guarantee success, and wildlife continued to decline almost everywhere the WWF got involved; Kenya alone losing an estimated 80% of its wildlife over the next few decades. But success in the protection of wildlife wasn’t necessarily in the best interest of the WWF, despite its stated intent. More poaching, more photographs of butchered animals and more endangered species all seemed to fuel the fire, enabling more 'propaganda' (sic), more fund-raising campaigns and more desperate calls for help in its efforts to bring salvation to Africa’s wildlife. The return on investment seemed to be something other than proven success, arguably simply the idea that contributors were 'making a difference' by virtue of their donation alone. Endangered species became the life-blood of the WWF."

The lion is alive.

Jeff

OK so after giving this more thought my prediction is

1. the two landowners who pocketed a large chunk of the trophy fees will hand over the money to Harare and may be "shupa'd" off their land to be replaced by someone more loyal to Harare.
2. the two PHs that conducted the hunts will hand over the rest of the $50K to Harare and may lose their licenses for a period of time.
3. the hunters will go scott free but their lives will be permanently disrupted and neither will ever go back to Zimbabwe
4. some idiots will donate money to Zim parks which they will be allowed to keep as it won't be much.
5. USFG will come up with even more bureaucratic rules regarding the importation of trophies including some form of certification that the animal was taken in an area with quota (right now they only want proof of Zim CITES quota)
6. the fuss dies down and the hunting continues ... but it will be harder to sell quota even if it is legal.

Russ a pretty accurate assumption.

Kathi - if the "lions share" of these funds go directly to the Oxford research project it's great. If any funds go to zim parks rest assured nothing will go towards meaningful conservation.

Let's see what the stakeholders meeting in Harare yields tomorrow.

They are killing the proverbial "goose that lays the golden egg here"

Who knows why elephant and leopard have also be included in the so called suspension in areas around the park.

Zimbabwean operator says American hunter didn't break law

Aug 3, 1:21 PM (ET)

By FARAI MUTSAKA
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — An American accused of killing a lion in an allegedly illegal hunt in Zimbabwe in April did not break any laws and acted in good faith, a safari operator who worked for the American said Monday.
Landowner Headman Sibanda said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press that the proper paperwork was in place for the lion hunt by his client, Jan Casimir Seski of Murrysville, Pennsylvania.
The Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, however, said Sunday that Seski was involved in an illegal hunt. Zimbabwean officials say they are seeking the extradition of another American, James Walter Palmer, for killing a well-known lion named Cecil in an early July hunt that was allegedly illegal.
Palmer has said he relied on his professional guides to ensure the lion hunt was legal.
Seski did not respond to messages left Sunday by The Associated Press at his home and with an answering service for his medical practice. The AP also knocked on the door at Seski's house.
"He conducted his hunt in good faith and now he is being treated as if he is some criminal," Sibanda said from his safari area near Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park. "He is an honest man who came into this country to give us business. He doesn't deserve all this attention and harassment. He should be allowed to have a good night's sleep because his conscience should be clear. Everything was done aboveboard."
To support his argument that the hunt was legal, Sibanda noted that he had not been arrested. The government wildlife management body, however, said Sibanda had no permit to hunt lions on his land and that an investigation was underway.