The Supreme Court has overturned the nine-year prison sentence of a man who was convicted in a high-profile operation involving the attempted sale of a pangolin trophy in Harare ruling that he had been wrongly treated as a criminal despite believing the trade was legal. The
By Takudzwa Madondo Two suspects from Makomva Village under Chief Mutasa were arrested on January 11 for allegedly attempting to sell pangolin scales, in violation of Zimbabwe’s Wildlife Act. Stanley Usavi (23) and Lyoid (36) Nyararai both from the same village were nabbed after police detectives
By Tendai Makaripe On a moonless night outside Chivi, a small group of men moves quietly through mopane scrub, led by dogs trained to follow the faint claw marks of a pangolin. When they find one, the animal curls into a tight ball. To some in the village,
“Instead of popping a bottle of champagne to celebrate a mega-deal or achievement, they prefer eating pangolin meat negatively impacting the already plummeting population of the world's most trafficked mammal. “You then wonder whether we are regressing as people despite all the new technologies surrounding us.” These
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