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Article: Wildlife has been decimated.(News)
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- Sunday Tribune (South Africa)
- Article date:
- July 15, 2007
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BYLINE: Eleanor Momberg
Zimbabwe's wildlife, once a major tourist attraction, has almost been decimated since the start of the government-sanctioned land invasions seven years ago.
In its latest game count, the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force (ZCTF) has found that more than 90% of animals on private game ranches, and between 35% and 100% of wildlife in conservancies, have been killed since 2001.
Every year game farms compare wildlife populations, listing the latest known figures, the number of snares recovered and the length of fencing stolen.
Johnny Rodrigues, ZCTF chairman, said the statistics they had released in the past seven ...