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Mozambique poachers handed 16 year prison sentences

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Mozambique poachers handed 16 year prison sentences

04.12.2019 | APF

A Mozambique court has sentenced 10 poachers to 16 years in jail after they were caught hunting illegally in a national park.

The southeast African country has been slowly reviving its wildlife reserves after a civil war from 1975-1992 left one million people dead.

While animals have started to return, conservation efforts have been sluggish and poaching remains a major threat.

The defendants were among 12 men detained in June this year following an anti-poaching operation in Gorongosa National Park, located in Mozambique's central Sofala province.

The provincial court found 10 guilty on Tuesday. One of the remaining suspects died in custody, while the other failed to report to the court after being released on bail.

Chief judge Martinho Muchiguere ruled the poachers had acted "against the Mozambique government's efforts to protect the environment.

"We concluded that the park is the lung for conservation, so the action of these individuals is an organised crime," he added.

In addition to the 16-year jail sentence, the defendants were ordered to pay five percent of their minimum earnings for three months.

An initial penalty of 20 years in prison was reduced after they confessed their crime.


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Next trip to the bush??

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Two suspected rhino poachers killed at Kruger National Park
A loaded heavy calibre firearm, ammunition and poaching equipment were recovered at the scene
2 hours ago

Today the management of SANParks confirmed the arrest of a suspected rhino poacher and the death of two suspected rhino poachers in a contact with rangers in the Kruger National Park (KNP).

Yesterday, the Pretoriuskop Rangers conducting follow-up operations during the early morning made contact with a group of three suspected poachers. During the contact, one suspect was arrested and the remaining two managed escape.

In the second incident, Pretoriuskop Rangers conducting nocturnal counter-poaching operations, made contact with a group of three suspected poachers just before midnight.

“During the contact, two of the suspects were fatally wounded and the third managed to escape under the cover of darkness. A loaded heavy calibre firearm, ammunition and poaching equipment were recovered at the scene. Follow up investigations relating to both the incidents are currently underway,”said Isaac Phaahla, Communications & Marketing, manager at Kruger National Park.


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I hope that there were no dead rhinos O-/


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There are no rhinos left in Pretoriuskop section, IMO, so don't know what they were trying to poach... O**


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Maybe the rhinos do not know that O**


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Richprins wrote: Fri Dec 13, 2019 6:08 pm There are no rhinos left in Pretoriuskop section, IMO, so don't know what they were trying to poach... O**
Adjacent Sections to PK ...Stolznek and Malelane there are still plenty Rhino ..Good Section rangers like Don English at Malelane make that a reality


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In an operation which started in Tshokwane section and ended up in a joint operation in Lower Sabie section, rangers from both sections as well as rangers from Crocodile Bridge section, supported by K9, aviators & air rapid response, managed to arrest two of three suspected rhino poachers. A heavy calibre firearm, ammunition & equipment was also recovered in the operation - kudos to the all involved!!


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