Rhino Poaching 2013
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Penga Ndlovu
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No worries BC and RP.
It just sometimes gets to be a bit much.
Keep getting in a lot of other reports too and seeing all the crap coming past that people do keeps sitting in the head and with everything else going on at the moment it is just the proverbial last drop.
Eish!
Wonder sometimes why I keep doing this too myself.
It just sometimes gets to be a bit much.
Keep getting in a lot of other reports too and seeing all the crap coming past that people do keeps sitting in the head and with everything else going on at the moment it is just the proverbial last drop.
Eish!
Wonder sometimes why I keep doing this too myself.
"Longing for the bush is a luxury many have.
Living in the bush is a luxury that only a few have"
Living in the bush is a luxury that only a few have"
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Rhino poaching news : Six rhinos in 48 hours
Six rhinos are reported to have been killed in the past 48 hours and one poacher has died after a shoot-out.
18 May 2013
NELSPRUIT - According to news feeds from the anti-rhino poaching group, Rhinobuddies, five rhino were killed in the Kruger National Park and one in the Sabi Sands over the past 48 hours.
In another incident, a suspected poacher who managed to escape arrest in the Kruger National Park was found on Wednesday, arrested and taken to Rob Ferreira Hopital. A second suspected poacher was alos taken there to receive medical attention, according to Warrant Officer Oubaas Coetzer.
Police and rangers encountered three suspected poachers at Pretoriuskop on Tuesday. Two were wounded in a shoot-out. One escaped, and two were arrested.
A .458 rifle fitted with a silencer, ammunition, an axe, and a knife were found in their possession.
The third man appeared in the White River Magistrate's Court on Thursday. The matter was postponed.
All three had been arrested for possession of an illegal firearm and ammunition, and trespassing in the Kruger National Park.
Police believed the rifle could be linked to poaching in the area.
The wounded man found on Wednesday has since died of his wounds in hospital.
Six rhinos are reported to have been killed in the past 48 hours and one poacher has died after a shoot-out.
18 May 2013
NELSPRUIT - According to news feeds from the anti-rhino poaching group, Rhinobuddies, five rhino were killed in the Kruger National Park and one in the Sabi Sands over the past 48 hours.
In another incident, a suspected poacher who managed to escape arrest in the Kruger National Park was found on Wednesday, arrested and taken to Rob Ferreira Hopital. A second suspected poacher was alos taken there to receive medical attention, according to Warrant Officer Oubaas Coetzer.
Police and rangers encountered three suspected poachers at Pretoriuskop on Tuesday. Two were wounded in a shoot-out. One escaped, and two were arrested.
A .458 rifle fitted with a silencer, ammunition, an axe, and a knife were found in their possession.
The third man appeared in the White River Magistrate's Court on Thursday. The matter was postponed.
All three had been arrested for possession of an illegal firearm and ammunition, and trespassing in the Kruger National Park.
Police believed the rifle could be linked to poaching in the area.
The wounded man found on Wednesday has since died of his wounds in hospital.
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Aparently another 7 Rhinos were poached in the Kruger Park yesterday.
Trying to get some updates about it.
Hope it is not true.
Trying to get some updates about it.
Hope it is not true.
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Living in the bush is a luxury that only a few have"
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Another 6 rhino in 4 days in KZN and information only released reluctantly! 3 on the Western shores, a black rhino bull at Charters Creek and another at Weenen and Msuluzi. Not to sure about what was already part of the tally and what is new but its just unacceptable!
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Seven rhinos poached in two weeks
20 May 2013 at 08:42
It's another devastating blow to the fight against rhino poaching.
Wildlife officials in KZN are investigating how poachers have managed to kill seven rhinos in the province over the past two weeks. Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife says they only became aware of the losses this weekend.
Four of the animals were killed on the Western Shores, which is part of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park. Another carcass was discovered on a private reserve at Weenen in the KZN Midlands, while two were killed in a community reserve near Colenso.
Ezemvelo's Musa Mntambo says they are shocked at the security breaches which have come after a relatively long period of calm.
"First is to check as to what happened and then we can take it from there. But we will continuing implementing our strategy to protect the rhinos.
"For the past three months or so, we only lost one rhino and then all of a sudden we discover that we've lost seven, so it is disheartening," he said.
20 May 2013 at 08:42
It's another devastating blow to the fight against rhino poaching.
Wildlife officials in KZN are investigating how poachers have managed to kill seven rhinos in the province over the past two weeks. Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife says they only became aware of the losses this weekend.
Four of the animals were killed on the Western Shores, which is part of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park. Another carcass was discovered on a private reserve at Weenen in the KZN Midlands, while two were killed in a community reserve near Colenso.
Ezemvelo's Musa Mntambo says they are shocked at the security breaches which have come after a relatively long period of calm.
"First is to check as to what happened and then we can take it from there. But we will continuing implementing our strategy to protect the rhinos.
"For the past three months or so, we only lost one rhino and then all of a sudden we discover that we've lost seven, so it is disheartening," he said.