Impala Carcass Picked Up by Taxi on H7 in Kruger Park

[Lisbeth]

Where I come from, we say "in a glass of water"

[Peter Betts]

IMO the whole story is a storm in a glass of water

Really????
I think not enough fuss is being made in the "right" places....or maybe there is?

IMO it's just another indication how far SANP are from what their actual remit is - conservation

Agree 100% with you Dzombo SANParks are more concerned about the people serounding KNP, who don't contribute towards any concervation and just sit around looking for what they can get for free, than about the park and the conservation of it.

[Peter Betts]

No, this is an absolute BS story by SANParks:

Personally, I feel this impala was taken for the pot, end of story

ABSOLUTELY ...believing otherwise is to be TOTALLY GULLIBLE ...The Kruger Park is to provide Meat and other stuff officially and unofficiallly as is the case here ..I suppose it is better than a Poachers wire snare set by folk living adjacent the Park who are in any way the beneficiaries of Buffalo Culling , Mopani worms, Thatching grass , Plants for the Muti trade and Get lucky opportunities like this ..Gee 40 years ago I was walking in the veld with a Section Ranger and I picked up a porcupine Quill and I picked it up as a souvanier. The Ranger noticed what I had done 50 metres further on and he angrily told me to go and put it back ..How things HAVE CHANGED

[Richprins]

Interestingly, rangers were allowed to kill an impala per month for rations until well into this century!

However, that practice was eventually prohibited because the privilege was abused, including selling of the meat.

[Richprins]

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[Alf]

[Flutterby]

[Lisbeth]

Satire is always very quick to arrive

[Richprins]

WATCH: SANParks sets record straight on Kruger Park impala 'theft' video
19 June, 02:36 PM

South African National Parks has reassured concerned members of the public that the events captured in a video circulating online, showing men loading a dead impala into an unmarked vehicle in the Kruger National Park, is "above board".

Concerned park goers Yvonne and Martin Breytenbach witnessed the incident on Saturday afternoon.

According to the Breytenbachs' description of events, posted online, a leopard had abandoned its kill. While they awaited the leopard's return, "a group of people came and took the implala away in their car".

The comments section soon exploded, with users accusing the men of "stealing" the impala.

"My word, imagine stealing from a hard working leopard," one commenter said.

"Report them! This is outraging (sic)." another said.

SANParks on Tuesday quickly set the record straight.



Vet Wildlife Services Operations coordinator Noah Konaite explained that the men in the video were employees returning from lunch.

According to Konaite, the employees received reports that the impala had been hit by a car.

Following protocol, the men dutifully lifted the dead animal into the vehicle for later observation.

Further examination showed the animal had, indeed, been hit by a vehicle and was "long dead".

"There was no leopard kill. As they engaged with the tourists, they were told it was hit by a leopard," Konaite said.

https://www.news24.com/Video/SouthAfric ... o-20190619

[Lisbeth]

Following protocol, the men dutifully lifted the dead animal into the vehicle for later observation.

Why did it then take so long before they decided to pick it up?

Who hit the Impala with a leopard?

Do the employees take a taxi when they go for lunch