Too lenient for my taste.

Only way to stop the bloody Chink from participating in wildlife poaching is kneel the bastards down and put a bullet in the back of the head!

That is how they deal with criminals back home in China!

Small scale poaching to feed your family is fine.

Large scale poaching to decimate wildlife should have the death penalty.

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Originally posted by Saeed:
Too lenient for my taste.

Only way to stop the bloody Chink from participating in wildlife poaching is kneel the bastards down and put a bullet in the back of the head!

That is how they deal with criminals back home in China!

Small scale poaching to feed your family is fine.

Large scale poaching to decimate wildlife should have the death penalty.

totally agree

X2!

When I hunted in Namibia in May 2019, we caught two native poachers red handed with a Warthog they killed using dogs. The National Police arrived within a matter of hours, took a sworn statement from my PH Jan du Plessis, and locked the perps up in a paddy wagon. One of the perps had just been released after serving a lengthy sentence for murder. He’ll be serving a lengthy sentence as a repeat offender. Namibia doesn’t play games with career criminals.

Most local poachers spend a few minutes to a few days in jail for poaching and are out again. Involving the police has been the single worst thing in dealing with poaching. We've caught the police buying the poached game meat so it's all a big game, nothing more.

Most likely the only reason why the poachers in SA were finally sentenced is the bribe money dried up. It is a truly red-letter day when any of them do serious time.

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Only way to stop the bloody Chink from participating in wildlife poaching is kneel the bastards down and put a bullet in the back of the head!

A chinaman in an African jail, he will spend plenty of time on his knees.

Dave

X3 with Saeed. By the way, meat and money talk to African cops. Years ago, my PH, his son and I were on our way back to Bulawyo from a hunt in Southern Zimbabwe, when we were stopped at a roadblock outside of Bulawayo. Everything was in order with the paperwork, trophies, etc. However, one Zimbo cop claimed that things on the paperwork didn't match up, even after a simple explanation. My PH kept arguing with him, which wasn't getting us anywhere. I finally told my PH to just give him a hindquarter of Impala, as the rest of the cops were over in the bush with a fire going and no meat to cook, just a small bag of Sadza. He did so, and miraculously everything then appeared to be perfect with the paperwork and we drove on.

A Fanta Orange will get you through most African roadblocks or problems with traffic cops. Works better than cash.

Speed limit on the road from the Matesi to airport in Vic Falls is $20.

Crap, I hope those are Zim dollars...