22,389,301 members doing good!
about our ads
share your passions, stories, inspirations, and more
URGENT, Please RESPOND: 3 Black Rhinos butchered in Zimbabwe ~ Appeal launched & REWARD Offered!!!
Nov 27, 2007
Focus: Animal Welfare
Action Request: Donation
Location: United States

Please  CONTACT  the  People  at the  Bottom: 

DONATE to the REWARD FUND . . .  LETTER,  PHONE,  E-MAIL . . . ANY / ALL  Formats!!!

. . . And please  CROSS-POST!!!


THANK YOU,  Simone!!!  


 Simone D.  StarsButterfliesGold Notes    [ send green star] 

Group History


3 black rhinos butchered in Zimbabwe, appeal launched & reward offered. 

3 black rhinos butchered in Zimbabwe, appeal launched and reward offered . . .


It is with shock and horror that we received reports the massacre of 3 black rhino at the hands of poachers on the night of the 7th November 2007 at Imire Safari Ranch in Zimbabwe.

Amber, butchered by bandits in Zimbabwe. © Imire Ranch

Just over 20 years ago, Imire Safari Ranch became the guardians of 7 orphaned black rhino. The purpose of this was to try and increase the population of the endangered species and over the past 2 decades, the Travers family, who run the ranch, have lovingly reared and bred these animals, successfully releasing 13 black rhino back into Matusadonna National Park.

On the night of 7th of November, 4 armed poachers dressed in camouflage uniform, assaulted and tied up the rhino guards and opened fire on the 3 adult rhino in their pens. All 3 were killed - Sprinter, a male, DJ, a female who had recently given birth to a calf and tragically, Amber a pregnant female who was due to give birth in a week. Amber's unborn calf also died. . . .

Sprinter, butchered by bandits in Zimbabwe. © Imire Ranch

The futility of this terrible violence is illustrated by the fact that the 3 rhino had been dehorned 6 weeks previously in an effort to make them less attractive to poachers but nevertheless, the poachers tried to hack out the inch of new horn growth from one of the rhinos before being frightened off by the sound of a car approaching. Imire Safari Ranch is now left with 4 orphaned rhinos including DJ's 6 week old calf.

2 rhinos kileld in Hwange:

There have also been reports that two black rhinos were killed in Hwange last weekend, and their horns hacked off. . . .


Reward offered: 

Imire is offering a reward to anyone who can lead them to the despicable people who were responsible for the massacre. They have circulated the following appeal for funds for a reward . . .


REWARD FUNDING:

Reward funding required towards the arrest and conviction of the persons responsible for the brutal killing of our 3 Black Rhino at Imire Game Park on the night of  7th November 2007.

. . . Obviously the bigger the reward the better the prospects of these culprits being brought to JUSTICE all funds will be carefully monitored and invested until such time the reward is paid or refunded to those who have contributed. . . .



All funds made payable to: 

Imire Game Park
 
Zimbank Marondera Branch A/C # 4573 399451001

Contact:  Mike or Sheila Thompson,
John, Judy or Reilly Travers  or 
Pete and Mandy Bibby

Imire Game Park
P Bag 3750
Marondera

Phone:  022-2054
022-222857

E-mail:  imiregp@zol.co.zw       


 

. . . And please  CROSS-POST!!!


                                 rinogiftgif.gif
(0) | () | | send green star | flag as inappropriate
Visibility: Everyone
Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted: Nov 27, 2007 12:38am

 
 
 
Content and comments expressed here are the opinions of Care2 users and not necessarily that of Care2.com or its affiliates.

Author

CR Ranger
female , married
Montara, CA, USA
Shares by Type:
All (177) | Blog (80) | Alert (52) | Tribute (5) | Message (40)

Showing shares tagged with: imire [show all]
ads keep care2 free
SHARES FROM CR'S NETWORK
May
17
(0 comments  |  discussions )
Stop the Pebble Mine
(0 comments  |  discussions )
Stop the Pebble Mine
May
13
(0 comments  |  discussions )
Please get signing all badger petitions Badgers donot pass TB it is the dairy industry inadequacies that bring TB about   
May
9
(0 comments  |  discussions )
R.I.P. Dear Windstar....You are no longer in pain...Wait for me my Bigstar...So we can cross over Rainbow BridgeTogether.
(0 comments  |  discussions )
The largest genocide in human history happened where? Most people would answer Germany, and the Jewish Holocaust. Actually though, the largest genocide happened in the USA, with the native American Indians, with estimates of 19 million to 100 millio...
May
8
(0 comments  |  discussions )
Ever since I saw that horrific pic of the bricks pelting ''Windstar'' the beautiful white horse, I can't get it out of my mind. To think a group of people--or maybe it was an individual!--would actually do something like that totally blows my min...
(0 comments  |  discussions )
Official Nuclear Radiation Study; Tokyo University Hayno, R.S., et al (2013) Internal Radiocesium Contamination of Adults and Children 7 to 20 Months After the Fukushima NPP Accident as Measured by Extensive Whole-Body-Counter Surveys, Proc. Jpn....
May
6
(0 comments  |  discussions )
Toxic radiation accumulates in water supplies after nuclear accidents. Radiation bioconcentrates in fish that live in fresh water and salt water. Runoff of fresh water from land which has been contaminated ends up contaminating oceans, and salt wate...
(0 comments  |  discussions )
66 Atomic Bombs were exploded on the Bikini Island Atolls. Hundreds of islanders were removed from the islands, but not from harms way. One hydrogen bomb exploded near the islands, and the children played with the dust from the bomb, as it fel...
(0 comments  |  0 discussions )
whales 2013_05 sonar national

Copyright © 2013 Care2.com, inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved