http://www.postzambia.com/post....php?articleId=49371


Poachers shoot ZAWA officer dead
By Mutinta Mubagwe in Kalabo
Sat 24 May 2014, 14:00 CAT



ZAMBIA Wildlife Authority district ranger Dexter Chilunda has been shot dead in Liuwa National Park in Kalabo.
Both Kalabo district commissioner Maseka Chinyama and African Parks operations manager Simon Pitt confirmed the development to ZANIS yesterday.
The incident occurred yesterday after a heavy exchange of gunfire with suspected poachers.
Chilunda's body is in Kalabo District Hospital awaiting postmortem and burial.

Shame.

A good man who has forfeited his life for conservation.

Time for his mates to go on a hunt.
George

quote:

Originally posted by fairgame:
A good man who has forfeited his life for conservation.

.........................Amen!

http://abcnews.go.com/Internat...ger-killing-23972257



Zambia Makes Arrests in Ranger Killing

JOHANNESBURG June 3, 2014 (AP)

Associated Press

A group that runs African wildlife parks says two suspected poachers have been arrested for the shooting death of the head of law enforcement at a park in Zambia.

The Johannesburg-based group, African Parks, said Tuesday that the men face charges including murder and that information provided by outraged local residents helped authorities detain them. A reward of nearly $10,000 was offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the shooter.

Ranger Dexter Chilunda was killed on May 23 while investigating reports of gunshots in Liuwa Plain National Park. The suspects were arrested on Sunday, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) from the park.