Rhino Poaching 2013

[General Gump]

Looks like Marloth Park lost a couple of white rhino too.

[Penga Ndlovu]

Another Rhino down in Sabi Sands.
That makes the total 163

[PennyinSA]

Another two down in KNP - Total now 165!!!!!

[Penga Ndlovu]

Yep.

And according to dame Edna all that can be done is done and our only solution now is selling the horns.
Damn.
How stupid can one be?

[H. erectus]

What a creative free lousy comment that is!!!

All has been done, now lets just sell up!!

iNdy this lot(politicians) are brain dead gifted morsels to us!!!

You will be prompted to fill the gap of inadequacy,..............
and make them feel important!!

[iNdlovu]

H, your comment is extremely accurate......sadly

[Penga Ndlovu]

The new update is just in.

188

While they are all sitting around in their pluche wingbacked chairs talking aboit how much money they are going to spend on playing gadgets, waterslides, bicycle races etc etc, the rhinos are being slaughtered by the hundreds.

[Toko]

Rhino toll climbing: dept - Sapa | 27 März, 2013 18:26

A total of 188 rhino have been killed since the beginning of the year, the environment department said on Wednesday.

"In the Kruger National Park, 135 rhino have been poached, while 17 rhino have been killed in North West, 16 have been killed in KwaZulu-Natal, 10 in Limpopo and another 10 in Mpumalanga provinces," said spokesman Albi Modise.

He said South Africa and China had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to fight rhino poaching.

It was signed by Environment Minister Edna Molewa and her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Pretoria on Tuesday.

"The signing of the MoU between the two countries comes only three months since the signing of a similar agreement with Vietnam in December."

He said the memorandum aimed to promote co-operation in the field of biodiversity conservation and protection.

"[The agreements] are particularly aimed at curbing the current scourge of rhino poaching through co-operation in law enforcement, compliance with international conventions and other relevant legislation on the basis of equality and mutual benefit."

Both countries were faced with common problems with respect to wetland and desert ecosystems, and wildlife conservation.

Reports indicated that most horns removed from rhino were being exported to the Far East, Modise said.

[Penga Ndlovu]

Since the MOU's have been signed poaching went rife.

[iNdlovu]

And I'm getting very sick and tired of the lip service offered on this catastrophy. Who cares what agreements have been signed or who has a similar biodiversity problem, it is totaly irrelevant. Our rhino continue to be slaughtered while the clowns discuss agreements.