More ele plunder in West Petauke, Zambia.

A report received from my field workers an hour ago - relayed to the Chairman of the Luembe Community Resource Board, is that a fresh elephant carccass was discovered yesterday on the Ilinda stream ( and they suggest that there are more dead ones to be discovered), the recent site of our uncovering of two poached impala in which the local ZAWA officials imprint resonates (www.zambiaconservation.blogspot.com). But hang on, enter, one, James Milanzi, the acting o/c Eastern Province, who is doing something about it. His troops are being deployed as I write this, and we are assisting, of course. Why is there this frenzy of killing? Look at the recent CITES agreement and at the dsienfrachisement of the rural poor from legally derived benefits from natural resources. Surely, a matter of ownership under an honest and capable trust structure suggests the way forward. Are the donors and Government listening?