http://www.news24.com/Green/Ne...g-elephants-20130926

Harare - Zimbabwean court officials say three poachers convicted of the cyanide poisoning of water holes that killed 81 elephants in a north-western nature park to collect ivory have been sentenced to up to 16 years in jail.

Officials in the court in Hwange, 750km west of Harare, said on Thursday the men were found guilty under anti-poaching laws and for illegal possession of 17 elephant tusks.

Another five suspects were ordered to be held in custody until their trial on 4 October.

Wildlife authorities say 81 elephant carcasses were found in the remote Hwange National Park in the past month.

Officials said it was not clear where the other tusks were hidden or whether they had already been smuggled out of Zimbabwe to lucrative illegal ivory markets in Asia.

Excellent news and good to see that the authorities are taking this seriously.

May everybody who handles the remaining tusks die slowly of cyanide poisoning.

I know it won't happen, but I can wish...

Now they gotta get the buyers!

And follow through on the sentencing......


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Originally posted by JTEX:
Now they gotta get the buyers!

And follow through on the sentencing......


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corruption being what it is in Zim, i am betting they will be out in a few months. government officials have to be involved in the trade and i bet they will make the "problem" go away....