A ferocious lioness kicknamed “Bloody Mary,” has caused a headache for Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority rangers after it esc...
A ferocious lioness kicknamed “Bloody Mary,” has caused a headache for Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority rangers after it escaped shortly after killing a man in Kariba last week, Thursday.lion river
The beast together with two others caused trouble when they killed an employee of Somabula Safaris in Matusadonha.
The employee had at the time been docking his house boat at the lake.
The employee, name supplied, was killed by the three lionesses on the 4th of September . Matusadonha field station was immediately informed and went to attend the scene as one of the lionesses has a collar. Rangers tried to scare the predators by firing shots resulting in two of the three lionesses were being wounded.
After a laborious overnight search, two of the lionesses were later killed, but bloody Mary escaped. Bloody Mary was still being tracked down at the time of writing.
To date 5 people have been killed while 12 have been injured country-wide owing to human wildlife conflict. Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority has appealed to the public to respect the distance between themselves and wildlife and to always report the presence of wildlife in their areas to the local traditional leadership,the police or Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority offices.
Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority has said it is going to continue to hold awareness campaign programmes with communities with view to minimizing human wildlife conflict cases while increasing public safety.
The beast together with two others caused trouble when they killed an employee of Somabula Safaris in Matusadonha.
The employee had at the time been docking his house boat at the lake.
The employee, name supplied, was killed by the three lionesses on the 4th of September . Matusadonha field station was immediately informed and went to attend the scene as one of the lionesses has a collar. Rangers tried to scare the predators by firing shots resulting in two of the three lionesses were being wounded.
After a laborious overnight search, two of the lionesses were later killed, but bloody Mary escaped. Bloody Mary was still being tracked down at the time of writing.
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Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority has said it is going to continue to hold awareness campaign programmes with communities with view to minimizing human wildlife conflict cases while increasing public safety.
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