Police warn Lim game farm owners to safeguard their animals
[NOT FOR SENSITIVE VIEWERS] 13 animals,mostly lions, have been reported poisoned and/or killed since the beginning of September, says police.
LIMPOPO – All the incidents were reported in the Groblersdal, Roedtan and Mookgphong areas. “In most of the cases, the heads and feet of the animals were removed after they were poisoned,” says provincial police spokesperson Col Ronel Otto.
According to reports on SA Rural Security Facebook page two lions were reported killed in the Roedtand area on Wednesday morning. “One of the lions’ head was cut off” reads the post.
Later the same day it was reported that a tiger and her cub were also poisoned in the Roedtan area.
This follows the poisoning of six lions in the Groblersdal area on Sunday.
According to police reports, two male and two female lions were found poisoned and left for dead on a farm alongside the Loskop road outside Groblersdal.
Acting Groblersdal Police Spokesperson, Constable Julia Mampa reported: “security guards at the farm were put on high alert when electricity supply to the farm was disturbed that evening.
“When the guards searched the grounds, they found four lions poisoned, two of which later died. One male and one female survived after they received medical treatment. None of the affected lions on the farm had body parts removed,” Mampa confirmed.
Later the same day they were informed of two lions that were killed at Mbidi Lodge in the Groblersdal area. “The two white lions killed at the Mbidi Lodge had their heads and paws removed.
No arrests have been made in either of incidents and an appeal is made to anybody who might have any information that can assist the Police in their investigations to contact:
Col Alpheus Mokale @ 082 565 6524 or Capt Dave Retief @ 082 319 9460.
The Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in Limpopo Lt Genl Nneke Ledwaba has made an appeal to farm and game farms owners who have lions on their premises to beef up security around the animals.
In other parts of LImpopo several farmers have reported finding dead crocodiles in the Letaba River and in neighbouring dams. Read more on Letaba Herald.
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