Environmentalists are demanding stiffer penalty for pangolin hunters. Mathews Malata is pushing for laws that can protect pangolins from the risk of extinction. Locally known as Ngaka, pangolins play an important role in the ecosystem, as they prey on pests which affect human health. But the rising pangolins trade in Asia, is quickly threatening to […]
Two wealth seeking men in Lilongwe have been jailed for seven years each for being found in possession of a pangolin which they was selling at K7 million. Pangolin is a protected animal under the laws of Malawi. The Lilongwe Senior Resident Magistrate Court, Florence Msekandiana has sentenced George Salirana and Harold Jezwell to serve […]
Malawi Police Service in Lilongwe have arrested two men for allegedly possessing a dead pangolin. Lilongwe Police Station Public Relations Officer, Foster Benjamin, said the suspects, identified as Wiseman Sipiliyano, aged 37, and Owen Nkhwazi, aged 32, were arrested Thursday at the roundabout to Likuni on the Lilongwe West By-pass road. Benjamin said that Police […]
Mchinji Magistrate’s Court has sentenced six people to six years imprisonment each for being found in possession of a pangolin. The six are Chifundo Moses, 23, David Njanji, 32, Chitenje Kwenda, 58, Moses Issa, 35, Bicycle Banda, 27, and Chisomo Banda, 20. The court learned through State prosecutor Eugino Yotamu that on January 30 this […]