The expat workers Zhang Hongyuan, Chen Caijan, Lin Guibin and Shi Jiahua obtained rare Bell's Hinged tortoises "for personal consumption".
The Zimbabwe National Society for the Protection of Cruelty to animals, ZNSPCA, said the four Chinese nationals admitted to breaking the country's Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.
They also admitted to living and working in Zimbabwe without the correct immigration documents, said the ZNSPCA's Ed Lance.
The tortoises, considered a delicacy in China, are among many rare animals that fetch high prices among diners.
It is estimated more than 5,000 Chinese are working and in living in Zimbabwe. The two countries have signed scores of trade agreements, most recently a lucrative diamond mining contract.
But relations between locals and the Chinese are brittle. Last year, China had to send a special delegation to the country to encourage better relations between Chinese expats and locals after reports of inhumane treatment and underpayment by the "new colonial master".
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Q: With so much information available directly to home buyers and sellers, why is it still important to choose a knowledgeable real estate agent?
A: You can't speak generally about the San Francisco real estate market without recognizing that it really is dozens of micro-markets, which vary significantly in terms of how they performed last year and will continue to perform.
There is much more information available online to buyers and sellers, but ironically the need for good agent representation is more important than ever. There are so many different situations now - real estate owned, short sales, tenancy issues, homeowners association litigations - that need working out and also create opportunities. They also affect pricing. Agents need to invest the time to understand how these operate and how to manage these for their clients.
What is not new is that the best real estate agents change with the times and offer deep market knowledge to their buyers and sellers. You can't find that on a website on the Internet.
In 2011, my team and I spent huge amounts of time on market research training and strategy, and it resulted in our having the highest number of transactions in a market that was suffering in volume and liquidity.
- Jim Hurley, Vanguard Properties, (415) 321-7000, jimhurley@vanguardsf.com
This article appeared on page K - 2 of the San Francisco Chronicle
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