Officials in Zimbabwe say wildlife park rangers have killed three suspected poachers in the past two days as the country battles increased targeting of vulnerable animals.
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The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority said Thursday that rangers fatally shot a poacher in Hurungwe safari area on Wednesday. The parks agency says two poachers were killed on Tuesday in Hwange National Park, whose large elephant population has been targeted.
Caroline Washaya-Moyo, a spokeswoman for the parks agency, says poachers and rangers exchanged gunfire in both cases.
Washaya-Moyo says 443 poachers were arrested last year, up from 378 in 2015. She says that of the 2016 arrests, 57 people were convicted and sentenced to a total of 513 years in jail.-AP
