Elephant kills poacher who tried to shoot it
MSN News
(5/11/13)
The bloody remains of a poacher, killed by an elephant, were recently found in a Zimbabwean national park.
In the fight against poaching, some animals are striking back.
According to The Zimbabwe Sunday Mail, a man was recently trampled to death by an elephant in Zimbabwe as he attempted to kill it in a national park.
Police found Solomon Manjoro's bloody remains inside the protected Charara National Park. According to the Mail, he and his hunting accomplice, Noluck Tafuruka, approached the animal in late April and attempted to gun it down when the animal charged them and killed Manjoro.
Tafuruka was arrested inside the park and charged with carrying an unlicensed weapon, The Telegraph reported. A third man, Godfrey Shonge, was later arrested in connection with the attempted poaching. They appeared in court where the prosecution said they entered the protected park with the sole intention of poaching.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature currently lists African elephants as "vulnerable." Along with rhinos, the species is actively hunted in Africa, the rhinoceros for its horns, the elephant for its valuable ivory tusks. In Zimbabwe, however, the elephant population is booming, with more than 100,000 animals, despite reports of starving soldiers eating elephants and poachers poisoning their water holes.
