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http://allafrica.com/stories/201206120505.html Namibia: Poacher Killed By Kudu 12 June 2012 Mururani — A 44 year-old man was fatally attacked by a kudu while trying to kill it with an axe at Mururani village, some 130 kilometres south of Rundu on Saturday. The deceased allegedly tried to kill the kudu while it was caught in a wire-trap. Kavango Regional Namibian Police Force (NamPol) Crime Investigations Co-ordinator, Deputy Commissioner Willie Bampton told Nampa on Monday that the deceased was identified as Johannes Wihinda, a resident of Mururani village. One of the trapped kudu's horns penetrated the left side of Wihinda's chest, while he was trying to kill it. The deceased died on the spot. His next of kin have already been informed, and police are still investigating. Nampa Kathi kathi@wildtravel.net 708-425-3552 "The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page." | ||
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It's a bitch to be a poacher sometime. Got exactly what he deserved. | |||
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Knife to a gunfight. _______________________ | |||
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Stupid is as stupid does. LORD, let my bullets go where my crosshairs show. Not all who wander are lost. NEVER TRUST A FART!!! Cecil Leonard | |||
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GOOD ONE!!! NRA LIFE MEMBER DU DIAMOND SPONSOR IN PERPETUITY DALLAS SAFARI CLUB LIFE MEMBER SCI FOUNDATION MEMBER | |||
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Who says you can't train a kudu? SCI Life Member DRSS "In those savage countries success frequently depends upon one particular moment; you may lose or win according to your action at that critical instant." Sir Samuel Baker | |||
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All great responses. Kudu:1 Poacher: 0  | |||
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That would be a great taxidermy recreation! | |||
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Please can we clone that kudu! We had an incident recently on our concession in Moz. Fishing poachers canoe was tipped by an irate hippo before first light one morning, all 4 occupants drowned. Local authorities wanted the hippo shot, and were a bit disgruntled when we refused and suggested that we wanted to clone the critter since it was doing a better anti poaching job than they were. Harris Safaris PO Box 853 Gillitts RSA 3603 www.southernafricansafaris.co.za https://www.facebook.com/pages...=aymt_homepage_panel "There is something about safari life that makes you forget all your sorrows and feel as if you had drunk half a bottle of champagne." - Karen Blixen, | |||
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Can I play the devils advocate here. The unfortunate individual killed by the kudu who we have freely labelled a poacher, was a local resident in the village so we are informed and who was probably snaring and taking animals for food or even in exchange for money to be spent on essential items to live on. I'm sure if the game animals in the USA were locked up and only available for rich overseas hunters and the locals were banned from ever hunting them, we would surely see plenty of white "poachers" in action in that country. Maybe there are two sides to every story. I don't advocate poaching but I guess we need to define just who do we term a poacher, a resident in his own country taking game animals 'illegally' while the well healed foreigners enjoy their sport in the poachers country at their leisure. Just thinking.  | |||
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 No way! | |||
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Please share your thoughts? | |||
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Keep thinking! (It can be kind of rare around here sometimes.)  | |||
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Poacher - Takes game illegally by not posessing license to take game and/or without permission of land owner/conservancy and/or takes game using unlawful methods (snare, etc). "Well healed foreigner" - Takes game legally by posessing licence to take game and has permission of land owner/conservancy and takes game using lawful methods. This would hold true in the U.S. as well as Africa and elsewhere. Seems pretty simple to me. | |||
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Hey, mate, I reckon you made a fair comment, especially as we don't know more of the circumstances, but can only guess. Something that might sway the jury here against the man is the widespread practice of planting thousands of wire snares, and often not bothering to check them, which then causes painful deaths to massive numbers of game that aren't even eaten by humans (I'm not an expert, this is just what I've read). | |||
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I'm just glad that I am in a position to afford a licence if I want one. | |||
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