Hunting elephants in Zimbabwe’s National Parks
An April 2009 report has just been released by the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force and this month they highlight hunting being carried out in Zimbabwe’s National Parks by an American company called ‘Cape To Cairo Safari’:
HUNTING IN HWANGE NATIONAL PARK
Cape to Cairo Safaris, an American based company is advertizing an elephant hunt inside Hwange National Park. They claim to have 50 elephants on quota in the park for culling and they are offering their hunters the opportunity to harvest some of the larger tusk elephants. The host and head Professional Hunter is Willem van der Merwe. They say the proceeds will go to the Parks Board. [...]
This is extremely disheartening when we try so hard to raise funds to preserve the animals. We have recently received a report from Kalomo in Zambia which states that they have had a sudden increase in their elephant population of 350 – 400 and they believe the elephants have crossed over to Zambia from Hwange, possibly in an attempt to evade the hunters.
If this really infuriates you, please contact Cape to Cairo Safari and register your strong objections by sending an email to info@capetocairosafari.com.
June 29th, 2009 04:37
I’ve been hunting birds and deers for sometime now, but elephants? how interesting to try! but what really is the purpose of taking them down? how can you eat such jumbo?