We have had several reports from distraught Kariba residents in the past couple of months regarding the alarming decimation of the wildlife there. The crocodile farm near Charara, owned jointly by National Parks and Lake Harvest Fisheries, has 23,000 hungry crocodiles that require 9 tons of meat per month. Due to the fact that the number of elephants has subsequently declined to a critical level, they have decided to stop shooting the elephants and target the hippos instead. We are now receiving reports that it is becoming quite rare to see a hippo in the area - in fact, it's quite rare to see any animals at all. We have also heard that the crocodile farm is not quite as lucrative as expected because people are not as keen to buy crocodile products as they once were. It would appear that nobody is benefiting from the senseless slaughter of our wildlife except the crocodiles.
By Johnny Rodrigues - Chairman for Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force
http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/kariba-wildlife091.html
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Sunday, 5 July 2009
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