Impala Carcass Picked Up by Taxi on H7 in Kruger Park

[harrys]

Why does Sanparks tell a lie

Because Lis that's what SANparks do........ And their goverment

[Klipspringer]

It would be good if there was a source to all the "info" shared here

Thanks, Alf!

[PennyinSA]

One of the posters who was actually at the sighting said that throat injury was clearly that of a leopard kill and there is absolutely no point in deleting every single post in an effort to deny the obvious. Clearly this many people should not have exited what is blatantly a taxi on a public road and its unfortunate for Sanparks that as per usual their social media police are controlling the posts by deleting them which simply obfuscates and causes more speculation!

[Peter Betts]

Dont we know Penny

[Klipspringer]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/kruger. ... cation=ufi

This is the official statement on FB

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[Peter Betts]

It looks as close to a SANParks vehicle as Mickey Mouse does to an Egg Beater

[Richprins]

WATCH: SANParks says ‘all above board’ regarding impala video
A video of men loading the animal onto a taxi, went viral on Tuesday.
3 mins ago
Arisa Janse van Rensburg




A video showing a group of men in the Kruger National Park (KNP) loading a dead impala into their vehicle, has caused major uproar in the wildlife community.

According to Yvonne Breytenbach, whose husband Martin took the video on Saturday, they came across the dead impala at around 12:00 close to Satara.

She said that they asked another visitor who was standing by the carcass what had happened. The visitor told them that the impala had just been killed by a leopard and that everyone was waiting for the leopard to return to claim its kill.

The Breytenbachs proceeded to switch off their engine and wait for the leopard to return.

“Suddenly we saw a taxi passing all the cars which were waiting for the leopard. The taxi stopped next to the carcass of the impala. A man got out of the taxi and kicked the buck. At that point my husband started taking the video,” Yvonne explained.


She said that the men in the taxi then got out and loaded it into the vehicle.

“We are not sure what happened. I mean, you are not even allowed to get out of your car.”

They decided to post the video today for more clarification.

SANParks posted on social media that “all is above board”.

According to KNP spokesman, Isaac Phaahla, the people in question were SANParks employees.

“Those are SANParks employees who are employed by Veterinary Wildlife Services. Part of their mandate is to remove carcasses they find on the road and hand it to their section ranger. In this instance it was handed in to the Satara section ranger,” Phaalha said.

https://lowvelder.co.za/487282/watch-sa ... ala-video/

[Richprins]

It is vital to establish whether the taxi left in the direction of Orpen or of Satara...

[Klipspringer]

What management policy is it, to pick up carcasses

I think it's a new visitor management policy against road blocks and crowded sightings

The leopard will overcome this, most likely it's not the first time that its kill was stolen

[Richprins]

No, this is an absolute BS story by SANParks:

A- There is no such thing that there is a "mandate" for any staff to pick up roadkill, certainly not "Game Capture Unit" (Game Capture is often outsourced anyway.)

B - Staff would not do this in an unmarked vehicle, without wearing uniforms, unless it was some sort of emergency.

C - The tourists would most certainly have told the "staff" that it was a kill.

D - Staff are expressly instructed not to disrupt tourist sightings.

E - There is zero evidence to suggest roadkill, rather clear predator wounds.

F - If there is indeed doubt or concern, the ranger would be summoned by staff.

G - Game removal would be done using an official bakkie, not in such an unprofessional and unhygienic way.