Botswana Pursues Zambian Poachers

Authorities in Botswana are pursuing 13 Zambian poachers who escaped after a deadly exchange of gunfire with officials from that country’s Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP).

The 13 poachers, who are believed to have crossed back into Zambia, via Kazungula border, escaped after their friend Bornface Ndauze was shot dead by officers in Botswana’s Chobe National Park. Sources in the DWNP in Botswana and Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) spokesperson Readith Muliyunda, confirmed that the two countries were collaborating to arrest the suspected poachers.

“We have been working in collaboration to bring to book those who are on the run and every effort is being made to find these poachers,” Muliyunda said in an interview.

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