Court jails Given Lubunda over Pangolin skin

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IN a bid to make some cash on the black market, a 41 year old man has found himself on a high way to prison for a period of five years for being in possession of Pangolin skin illegally.
 
Given Lubunda was apprehended last year by Department of National Parks and Wildlife officers in Nangoma following a tip-off that he was illegally carrying the pangolin skin in Chibombo.
 
After Lubunda was finally apprehended, arrested, and charged he appeared before Mumbwa Magistrate Mutete Chizawu where four witnesses testified, including law enforcement officers
 
Chizawu later convicted Lubunda of the illegal possession of one pangolin skin and sentenced him to five years imprisonment.
 
The two pangolin species in Zambia, Temminck’s ground and tree pangolin are threatened by illegal wildlife trade which has removed important animals from their habitats causing irrevocable damage to ecosystems.
 
However, Zambian wildlife protectors and the courts have been on to of things responding to the threat with rapid arrests and stiff punishment for convicted offenders.
 
Kalemba February 2, 2023
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