Rhino Poaching 2013

[leachy]

did anyone receive this link to the interview with dr ian player from gerhard at aikona ????????

http://safaritalk.net/topic/10147-safar ... ul-dutton/

some of the things that have struck me since watching those interviews....

1) some very interesting views on sustainable development and the inclusion of the peripheral communities to help with the problems within the parks.....

2)another interesting thing that dr player mentioned is that there are about 300 various anti rhino poaching/save the rhino organisations in this country

not sure of the accuracy of that figure, but...........

why do they not all amalgamate and pool their resources and funds to make one powerful force ???????

3) a quote from sir laurens van der post "contain the negative"

[leachy]

also sent out by gerhard is the UICN report from cites (all 33 pages)

with the link to the documentary "rhinos under threat"



i had not seen this documentary before

and it also mentions what dr ian player says about the sustainable developement....

[Sprocky]

2013-02-10 12:49

Johannesburg - Two rhino were killed and dehorned and another rhino injured at a farm in Brits in the North West, the Hawks said on Sunday.

The rhinos were killed three or four days ago on Bullhoek farm, spokesperson Captain Paul Ramaloko said.

No arrests had been made.

Ramaloko said the rhino task team in the province was investigating.

- SAPA

[Penga Ndlovu]

That is what I am talkijg about bud.

Journalist or Ramakolo made a mistake.
1 rhinonin Brits was one from this year.
The other 2 were in Pilanesberg and were from last year.

[Richprins]

Good points, leachy!

Regarding the amalgamation of rhino fund organisations...I reckon a lot are "incident specific", like us...and a very few bogus?

[Penga Ndlovu]

87 an rising steadily

[Mel]

nan notified me of this:

SANParks rangers come up tops in fire battle in KNP

[Sprocky]

Unconfirmed report just in that the number is now up to 96 of which 66 are in KNP.

[Penga Ndlovu]

Heard about it.
Enquiering just now.

[Flutterby]

Poachers kill pregnant rhino, leave horn
13 February 2013 11:22

A rhino bull and a pregnant cow were shot and killed on a Limpopo farm in the Bandelierskop district over the weekend.

Desiree Vermaas, the farm owner, said the rhino cow would have given birth in August, Beeld reported today.

She and her husband, Werner, dehorned both rhinos in 2011 to protect them from poachers, and although the female’s horn had started growing again, the poachers had made no effort to cut it off, Vermaas said.

“So, one could say that she died for nothing.”

The two animals were both killed with a single shot.

Vermaas said she suspected the poachers were professionals, who knew exactly what they were doing.

She and her husband had planned to move the animals to a farm with better security next month, for their own protection. The water and environmental affairs department this month said more than 80 rhinos had been poached since January 1.

- Sapa