Title:
Govt offers reward for information leading to arrest of L/stone rhino poachers
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Publication Year:
2025
Abstract:

The Ministry of Tourism has offered an undisclosed reward to anyone with information that may lead to the arrest of poachers who killed a White Rhino in Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, Livingstone, on Tuesday. In a statement, Ministry of Tourism Principal Public Relations Officer Nelly Banda, through the Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW), revealed that the incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday between 02:00 and 03:00 hours. Banda said the poachers infiltrated the park under the cover of darkness and dense vegetation and shot the three year-old rhinoceros, before fleeing with its horns.

Series Title:
News Diggers
Item Type:
Report
Language:
en

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