Three lions killed in Limpopo for their heads and paws
Police are hunting for suspects after three lions were killed in a game lodge enclosure and their heads and paws cut off
Poachers have killed three male lions in Limpopo and taken their heads and paws. Andre de Lange‚ owner of the Tzaneen Lion and Predator Park at Letaba River Lodge‚ said workers found the carcasses on Wednesday morning. He said it cost him R900,000. He had a similar incident six months ago. "This time the damages are a lot more. It is a big mess." De Lange said the poachers had to cut through three wire fences and bypass an advanced alarm system. "The public can’t come near their enclosure‚ the guests don’t come close. It had to be someone with knowledge about the park‚" he said. De Lange said lion poaching had become a big issue for lion farmers like himself. The animals were often killed for muthi. "If it continues like this‚ I will have to leave this industry. It is just to costly and it becomes impossible to continue in this industry‚" he said. "I don’t have insurance because it costs around R100,000 a month to insure a lion and I don’t make that much money. "I am a young farmer....
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