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By Faustine Kapama The Coast Region Resident Magistrate's Court at Kibaha sentenced eight people, including two police officers, to 20 years in jail and pay total fine of 64bn/- for leading organised crime and unlawful possession of elephant tusks valued at 850.5m/-. Resident Magistrate...

Yossele Zelkovitz worked in a Jewish pickle factory. For many years he had a powerful desire to put his penis in the pickle slicer. Unable to stand it any longer, he sought professional help from the factory psychologist. After six months, the therapist gave up. He advised Yossel to go ahead...

The true story of the Chicken Gun. Too funny not to share! Sometimes it does take a rocket scientist! Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch standard 4 pound Dead chickens at the windshields of airliners, military jets and the space Shuttle, all traveling at maximum velocity...

February 15, 2016 — 12:36 AM MST Updated on February 15, 2016 — 3:03 AM MST Horizon the Buffalo. Source: Piet du Toit Africa’s biggest-horned and disease-free buffalo was valued at a record amount on Saturday after South Africa-based businessman Peter Bellingham bought a 25 percent share...

A RETIREE'S LAST TRIP TO COSTCO Yesterday I was at Costco buying a large bag of Purina dog chow for my loyal pet, Owen , the Wonder Dog, and was in the check-out line when a woman behind me asked if I had a dog. What did she think I had, an elephant? So because I'm retired and have little to...

British Doctor gets Zimbabwean farmer force-ably evicted from his farm Jan 30, 2016 In Zimbabwe yesterday my cousin was force-ably evicted from his farm by the Zimbabwean police so that his farm could be given to a British Doctor practising at a clinic in Nottingham. The doctor and his wife...

Zimbabwe announces typhoid outbreak in Harare Wednesday 27th January 2016 23:05 Zimbabwe has reportedly announced several cases of typhoid in the capital Harare, sparking fears of a major outbreak in the city. According to The Herald, Harare City Health Director, Dr Prosper Chonzi, revealed...

Posted on Thursday, 28 January 2016 16:46 Zimbabwe most corrupt country in southern Africa, Botswana Africa's least corrupt Zimbabwe is the most corrupt country in southern Africa, with neighbouring Botswana ranking as Africa's least corrupt country, the latest graft perception survey by...

THE GOLF BALL AND THE SAND WEDGE > A woman takes a lover home during the day while her husband is at > work. Her 9-year old son comes home unexpectedly, sees them, and hides > in the bedroom closet. > Then the woman's husband also comes home. > She puts her lover in the closet, not realizing...

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South Africa has imposed a year-long ban on leopard hunting in 2016 in a decision hailed Monday by conservation activists. “Provincial conservation authorities were informed that leopard hunts should not be authorised in 2016,” the department of environmental affairs said, adding that the ban...

Zimbabwe decides to use the Chinese Yuan as its main currency Mon, Dec 28 2015, 09:52 GMT | FXStreet 11 FXStreet (Mumbai) - Zimbabwe announced last week that it will begin using the yuan as the main currency for use in the country. China, at its end decided to cancel Zimbabwe’s $40m debts...

Sudan Travel Warning Last Updated: January 21, 2016 The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the continued risks of travel to Sudan. U.S. citizens should avoid all travel to the Darfur region, Blue Nile, and Southern Kordofan states, and consider carefully the risks of travel in other...

US tells Zim to tweak wildlife conservation Posted on January 22, 2016 by ZimSitRep_M — No Comments ↓ via US tells Zim to tweak wildlife conservation – The Zimbabwe Independent January 22, 2016 THE United States will resume imports of elephant and lion trophies from Zimbabwe once government...

500 Mozambican poachers shot dead in Kruger Park since 2010 Former Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano makes astonishing claim Armed rangers in South Africa's Kruger Park have killed nearly 500 mostly young Mozambicans for poaching activities over the past five years, according to former...

Burkina Faso Travel Warning Last Updated: January 20, 2016 The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Burkina Faso. U.S. citizens in Burkina Faso, and those considering travel to Burkina Faso, should evaluate their personal security situation in light of continuing...

Rhino poaching: less slaughtered in 2015 than in 2014 Taking into account the above interventions, I am today pleased to announce that for the first time in a decade – the poaching situation has stabilized 4 hours ago CAPE TOWN – A total of 1 175 were poached last year, compared to 1 215 in...

CITES COMMITTEE DEMANDS URGENT ACTION AGAINST WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING FROM AFRICAN COUNTRIES The Convention in Brussels ended with urging of trade sanctions for noncompliance Strong resolutions and demands were voiced by the Standing committee for the Convention on International Trade in...

USFWS Delays Approval of Countries for African Lion Imports (posted January 18, 2016) Last week, during a CITES meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, the US Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) was expected to announce the early approval of one or more African nations that meet the "enhancement test" for...

Friday, January 15, 2016 Zambian poacher killed in shoot-out with Zim game rangers By Oscar Nkala GABORONE, January 13 (ANA) – A suspected Zambian poacher was on Tuesday killed during a shoot-out with game rangers in Zimbabwe who have pursued them through Hwange National Park, Victoria...

Forward from: South African Predator Association (SAPA) MEDIA RELEASE: 14 January 2016 RANCH LION HUNTING IN SOUTH AFRICA The hunting of ranch lions in South Africa is open and will continue as usual in the 2016 hunting season. SAPA realises that the entire hunting industry is currently...

The Sheriff pulled up next to the guy unloading garbage out of his pick-up into the ditch. The Sheriff asked, “Why are you dumping garbage in the ditch? Don’t you see that sign right over your head.” “Yep,” he replied. “That’s why I’m dumpin’ it here, ‘cause it says: ‘Fine For Dumping Garbage.’”

A man in North Carolina had a flat tire, pulled off on the side of the road, and proceeded to put a bouquet of flowers in front of the car and one behind it. Then he got back in the car to wait. A passerby studied the scene as he drove by, and was so curious he turned around and went back. He...

The young man from Mississippi came running into the store and said to his buddy, “Bubba, somebody just stole your pickup truck from the parking lot!” Bubba replied, “Did y’all see who it was?” The young man answered, “I couldn’t tell, but I got the license number.”

A senior citizen in Louisiana was overheard saying, “When the end of the world comes, I hope to be in Louisiana ..” When asked why, he replied, “I’d rather be in Louisiana ‘cause everythang happens in Louisiana 20 years later than in the rest of the world.”

A Florida senior citizen drove his brand new Corvette convertible out of the dealership. Taking off down the road, he pushed it to 80 mph, enjoying the wind blowing through what little hair he had left. “Amazing,” he thought as he flew down I-95, pushing the pedal even more. Looking in his...

This was a hard list to gather, so I blocked out names so you wouldn’t be embarrassed or boastful that you were selected. For one of you the last line on this article will have special meaning. By the way, I came up with what I thought was the obvious answer, but then the comment given made me...

Lion mauls Vic Falls woman January 10, 2016 in Community News, Local, News A PRIDE of lions is wreaking havoc in Victoria Falls with one of the wild cats yesterday mauling to death a 52- year-old woman before feeding on her corpse, The Standard has established. By Nokuthaba Dlamini Officer...

South African rangers kill two rhino poachers in Kruger National Park Two killed in dawn exchange of gunfire at Kruger National Park as South Africa battles rhino poaching crisis Kruger National Park staff relocates a rhino from a high risk poaching area to a safer area in October 2014...

Snares, the silent killer of Africa's wildlife Written by Peter Chadwick, African Conservation Photographer Created: 31 December 2015 While the world’s media largely focuses on the rhino and elephant poaching that is taking place on the African continent, the sad reality is that thousands...

CIO agent up for rhino poaching January 5, 2016 i A CENTRAL Intelligence Organisation operative based in Masvingo has been dragged to court on four counts of killing rhinos valued at $480 000 and selling the horns to private buyers in Zambia. By Tatenda Chitagu Mudenge Munashe Mugwira (age...

Published on: 2 January 2016 J Flowers Zimbabwe court hands down heaviest sentence ever to rhino poacher Severe penalty for poaching rhino in Zimbabwe applauded by conservationists Black rhino in Africa (Wikimedia) In November 2015, Zimbabwe’s minister of environment warned poachers that...

Lions, trophy hunting and the US government – the 27 facts you need to know The US government has changed the rules relating to lion trophy imports. I have attempted to summarise their report of circa 64,000 words into 1,700 words, including 27 important facts about lions and trophy hunting...

Zimbabwe gives foreign firms March deadline for empowerment plans December 26, 2015 in National, News Zimbabwe’s finance minister on Thursday gave foreign-owned firms operating in the country, including mines and banks, a March 2016 deadline to submit plans on how to comply with a law requiring...

Will a Lion Import Ban Hurt Lion Conservation? The US Endangered Species Act was created in 1973 to protect species in not only the Continental US but worldwide. The recent notion to add African and Indian lions to the list as one at the same level of endangerment may be flawed. The lion...

Rhino horns worth R3m confiscated at Johannesburg airport Posted on 24 December, 2015 by News Desk in News, Poaching and the News Desk post series. — 0 Comments Posted: December 24, 2015 EXTRACT FROM THE FOLLOWING THIRD PARTY SOURCE: eNCA On Tuesday, 22 December, customs officials at...

Grace Mugabe has taken over Zimbabwe, opposition leader claims Morgan Tsvangirai quoted by South African media saying the president’s wife has ‘surreptitiously but willingly’ taken charge Grace Mugabe at a Zanu-PF party meeting near Harare in 2010. Photograph: Philimon Bulawayo /...

China will cancel about $40 million worth of Zimbabwe's debt due to mature this year and Harare hopes to facilitate use of the yuan currency in its economy. The southern African country's Finance minister, Patrick Chinamasa said on Monday that both countries were negotiating the debt to be...

EXTRACT FROM THE FOLLOWING THIRD PARTY SOURCE: The Namibian A Chinese businessman was sentenced to 10 years in prison or alternatively to pay N$100,000 for the illegal possession of protected wildlife specimen in the Opuwo magistrate court on Monday, 21 December. Between January and April...

Four old-timers were playing their weekly game of golf, and one remarked how nice it would be to wake up on Christmas morning, roll out of bed and without an argument, go directly to the golf course, meet his buddies, and play a round. His buddies all chimed in and said, "Let's do it! We'll...

Cowboy: "Give me 3 packets of condoms, please." Lady Cashier: "Do you need a paper bag with that, sir?" Cowboy: "Nah.. She's purty good lookin'....." When you’re over sixty................who cares? I was standing at the bar one night, minding my own business. This FAT ugly chick came up...

I was telling a woman in the pub about my ability to guess what day a woman was born just by feeling her breasts. "Really" she said, "Go on then... try." After about thirty seconds of fondling she began to lose patience and said, "Come on, what day was I born?" I said, "Yesterday." Cost me a...

Adventure show star charged with Alaska hunting violations Dan Joling, Associated Press Updated 1:12 pm, Tuesday, December 8, 2015 Photo: Michael Pearce, AP Image 1 of 9 FILE - In this April 11, 2014, file photo, Theresa Vail, left, walks with a hunting party in Chase County, Kan...

Herdsmen arrested for poisoning lions in Kenya's Maasai Mara Dead lions include 17-year-old Bibi, who appeared on the BBC’s long-running Big Cat Diary series A Maasai herdsman with his cattle near Makindu, Kenya. Photograph: Radu Sigheti/Reuters Agencies in Nairobi Tuesday 8 December 2015...

UK to ban import of lion trophies if hunting industry doesn't reform Ban would be effective from 2017 if industry and the African countries involved don’t improve practices, says environment minister Stencil art following the killing of Cecil the Lion in Zimbabwe on a Santa Barbara sidewalk...

Rhino horn trade pushed into the belly of the underworld Posted: November 27, 2015 Written by: Dex Kotze On Thursday, 26 November the Pretoria High Court overturned the ministerial domestic moratorium on rhino horn trade that was instituted in February 2009. The judgment appears to...

Three were arrested in the KNP on Thursday, followed by two in Masoyi on Monday. 1 day ago The items that were allegedly found in a man's possession. WHITE RIVER – Monday a man was arrested at Numbi Trust near Masoyi when a rhino horn was apparently found in his possession. This follows the...