President Peter Mutharika has met Prince Harry of the United Kingdom (UK) who was visiting Malawi and UK government has announced it will soon send its soldiers to train local game rangers on the protection of wildlife animals. The President met the prince at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe where they reportedly discussed a shared commitment to […]
Justice Edward Twea has said the new law of National Parks and Wildlife will help combat wildlife crimes. Speaking in an interview with the Malawi News Agency on the sidelines of a High Court Judges Symposium in Mangochi, he said the new law stipulates very stiff punishments which have just been amended in January this […]
Malawi Police has sounded the alert over lions on the loose in Kasungu in the Central Region tobacco growing district of Malawi, believed to have escaped from Kasungu National Park and are wondering about in some areas of the district. Kasungu Police spokesperson Edna Mzingwitsa said the lions had been spotted in two different places, […]
The Chikwawa Second Grade Magistrate court has fined Paul Davie aged 21, a sum of MK105,000.00 in default to be jailed 43 months imprisonment with hard labor after being found guilty of game offences. Davie was arrested on 17th of February 2017 at about 16:00 hours at Majete Game Reserve after he was caught by game rangers […]
Officials from the Department of Parks and Wildlife are patting themselves on the back for arresting over 200 poachers in 2016, up from 90 in the previous year. The director of Parks and Wildlife Brighton Kunchedwa therefore described 2016 as a great year in as far as the conservation effort of wildlife was concerned. “Coupled […]
Biritsh army will deploy a team of solider to Malawi to train park rangers as combat tracking instructors, which will in turn help neutralise the threat of poaching, and bring those responsible to justice, it has been announced. The British solders from 1 (UK) Division will be deployed early next year. The development comes after […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has commended United Kingdom’s Prince Harry for his commitment to wildlife conservation. Mutharika said this in a brief statement he posted on his official Instragram page after he had an audience with Prince Harry who has been in Malawi since July 27 on a private visit that among other things is […]
Protection of wildlife and nature is a core function that supports economic growth through opportunities found in key sectors that survive on biodiversity, says President Arthur Peter Mutharika. He was speaking on Thursday at Kamuzu Palace when he launched a video on poaching and illegal wildlife trade. “I believe that protection of wildlife needs to […]
Poachers in the north have surrendered over 40 home made guns to authorities in a programme that signals a ceasefire in the battle against poaching in protected areas in the region. Division manager for Wildlife Department George Qumayo said since January, poachers have voluntarily handed over 44 home made guns used in the poaching of […]
Poachers who will be convicted of killing rare games like lions and rhinos will now have to serve a 30 year jail term without an option for a fine soon after the anti-poaching laws are finalised, a senior government official has said. Raphius Lipiya, a senior official at Wildlife Department said this Sunday when he […]
Malawi Government says it has hired 100 people in the ministry of Wildlife and Natural Resources to boost its personnel in the war against illegal game poaching and wildlife destruction. Director of Wildlife Brighton Kunchedwa said some of the newly recruited staff will now be manning points of entry and exit of the country. “This […]
Two suspected poachers are laying in agony at Salima district hospital after they were injured in a gun shoot out with game rangers at Thuma forest reserve in the district. The two injured suspects identified as James Zoye 21 and Wilson Chimangeni 26 together with an accomplice Adoni Chipengo 50 are said to have entered […]