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Buffalo Killing
A few days ago our deputy warden of the southern sector, Sekibibi, received a message that a buffalo had been slaughtered in Kahunga, a troublesome wildlife corridor where some of our elephants have been killed.
Sekibibi took seven of our rangers to the site to collect the poachers and burn the meat, but they were told the poachers had to remain at the nearby town of Rutshuru.
It’s always frustrating to see our large mammals slaughtered. The community is rapidly taking this particular wildlife corridor for agriculture and poaching, despite intense efforts by the park’s community liaisons to stop it. Although some progress was made at the beginning of the year, the conflict that began in April slowed down the community negotiations, and poaching has increased significantly throughout the central sector, with elephant poaching up 50% from last year.
Taking the carcass to the forest for burning.
Burning the buffalo carcass. This is a requirement for poached animals, partly to show the people that the rangers are not eating the meat.
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5 Responses to “Buffalo Killing”
thank you for the detailed information. is there a chance the poachers are going to be convicted?
Yes, there is a good chance they will be convicted, but sentences can be disproportionately light, so these men may poach again if they become desperate. For them, it will likely come down to a question of risk versus reward.
how is the poacher’s situation? Do they do it “for a living”, to sustain their families? I’m thinking it might be too easy to say “evil poachers” from far away when they are possibly part of a very desperate economical and political situation.
Anjy, one thing to keep in mind is that there are millions of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo who are in very very desperate economical and political situations who do not resort to criminal activity. So that fact makes it difficult to justify the illegal possession of fire arms and the killing of large proctected mammals. Just something to think about. But, yes, it is complicated issue.
Definitely something to think about. I was referring to a common argument here in Europe recently used to justify piracy by Somalians. As simple as your argument sounds it’s not one to easily come up in a discussion over here, for some reason or others.