German elephant hunter will be named and shamed, vows Zimbabwe taskforce

Conservation group will track down and vilify hunter who allegedly paid 40,000 to kill one of Zimabwe's largest elephants

A Zimbabwean conservation group has vowed to identify a German hunter who shot one of the largest elephants seen in the country, so the man can be publicly vilified like the killer of Cecil the lion.

Johnny Rodrigues, chairman of the Zimbabwe conservation taskforce, confirmed that the man, as yet unnamed, had a permit when he shot the male elephant last week. The animal was unknown to Zimbabwean experts and is believed to have wandered across the border from South Africa, he said.