Lions, giraffe, elephants and plainsgame can breath a sigh of relief – the warthog poacher is no longer after game of any size.
Police , Botswana defence Force soldiers, Wildlife scouts and many Batswana have been hunting for a unique poacher in the Matsebeng area near the buffalo fence.
They followed a man and his dogs by helicopter into part of the area where hunting is not allowed but has been visited by poachers in the past and found his dogs had killed a warthog bull and two other smaller warthogs.
An Herero, he is regarded by villagers as “a great hunter” as he commonly used his dogs to bring down antelope.
When the helicopter landed and he was told he was under arrest, all he asked for in Herero was a cigarette ( tupuwe omaka ).
He had been tracked from the air the moment he crossed illegally into a concession area, the same area where other men were apprehended recently for having poached giraffe and other game.
The man was taken to Maun and referred for medical tests. As a result of the tests, he was released on the grounds of illness and has returned to the Matsebeng cattle post near Toteng.
Police , Botswana defence Force soldiers, Wildlife scouts and many Batswana have been hunting for a unique poacher in the Matsebeng area near the buffalo fence.
They followed a man and his dogs by helicopter into part of the area where hunting is not allowed but has been visited by poachers in the past and found his dogs had killed a warthog bull and two other smaller warthogs.
An Herero, he is regarded by villagers as “a great hunter” as he commonly used his dogs to bring down antelope.
When the helicopter landed and he was told he was under arrest, all he asked for in Herero was a cigarette ( tupuwe omaka ).
He had been tracked from the air the moment he crossed illegally into a concession area, the same area where other men were apprehended recently for having poached giraffe and other game.
The man was taken to Maun and referred for medical tests. As a result of the tests, he was released on the grounds of illness and has returned to the Matsebeng cattle post near Toteng.
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