Zimbabwe court charges S Africans over attempt to export wildlife

A Zimbabwean court has charged three South African men with illegally capturing 29 sable antelopes and attempting to export them without a permit, the local parks authority said on Sunday.
The three men had on Saturday appeared in a magistrates court in Beitbridge, Zimbabwe's southern border town near South Africa, Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority spokeswoman Caroline Washaya-Moyo said. The men, who were not asked to enter a plea, remain in police custody. They were charged with illegal capture and translocation of wildlife, and attempting to export the sables illegally, said Washaya-Moyo.
Zimbabwe last month charged two men with breaching hunting rules and allowing an American dentist to illegally kill the southern African country's most famous lion, Cecil, outside Hwange wildlife park, which sparked a global outcry from animal lovers.