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Johnny Rodrigues, 69, fought to save wildlife in Zimbabwe

March 20, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Felled by cancer after surviving two wars, poachers’ gunfire, & the Mugabe regime QUARTEIERA, Portugal––Johnny Rodrigues,  69,  founder of the the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force and an enthusiastic contributor of information and occasional guest columns to ANIMALS 24-7,  died on September 17,  2018 at his daughter Lorraine and son-in-law Gavin Randall’s home in Portugal,  after […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Poaching & trafficking, South Africa, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Chery Rodrigues, Francis Nhema, Gavin Randall, Lorraine Randall, Merritt Clifton, Robert Mugabe, Sharon Pincott

Elephant researcher Sharon Pincott gives up on Zimbabwe

April 23, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Spent 13 years trying to protect Hwange herd & habitat             HARARE,  Zimbabwe––Upset by alleged land grabs and poaching involving people well-connected within the Robert Mugabe government,  Australian elephant researcher Sharon Pincott on April 16,  2014 e-mailed to ANIMALS 24-7 that she is reluctantly leaving Zimbabwe and giving up a 13-year […]

Filed Under: Africa, Sub-Saharan, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Sharon Pincott, wildlife

Gunfire no aphrodisiac for African elephants

October 23, 2006 By Merritt Clifton

Stress believed to suppress fertility HARARE,  Zimbabwe (August 2006)––Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force founder Johnny Rodrigues and Presidential Elephant Conservation Project researcher Sharon Pincott contend that the stress associated with gunfire has actually suppressed elephant fecundity. This finding,  if verified,  would contradict other studies showing that wildlife populations tend to increase their fecundity under hunting pressure. Both coyotes […]

Filed Under: Africa, Sub-Saharan, Zimbabwe Tagged With: elephants, Johnny Rodrigues, Merritt Clifton, Sharon Pincott

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