Poachers in Africa
usually get away with light punishments.
Not anymore. The judiciary is pouncing on poachers.
In a decision
hailed by conservationists across the globe, a poacher from South Africa has
been sentenced to the heaviest penalty possible now, 77 years, for killing
three rhino calves in the Kruger National Park (KNP).
The South African
court also held the poacher, Mandla Chauke, responsible for the death of his
accomplice. The accomplice was killed by park rangers in the shoot-out
following the poaching. The court
convicted Chauke for murder also.
The verdict has
come as a shot in the arm for the embattled park rangers who go through extreme
ordeals in the course of duty.
Poverty
alleviation,close links with local communities, concern for their welfare and condign, speedy punishments for poachers,
hold the keys to future conservation strategies
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