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Wednesday, 17 July 2013
Rhino Poaching News
16/07: (Houtboschrand) Contact was made with a group of armed suspected rhino poachers on their way back to Mozambique. During the contact, 1 suspect was fatally wounded, the 2nd suspect was arrested and the third managed to escape back into Moz. Firearm, ammo and poaching related equipment were recovered. Evidence suggests no rhino was killed during their incursion into KNP.
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Monday, 15 July 2013
South African Government Concerned About Rhino Poaching
Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa says if rhino poaching continues at its current rate, the South African rhino population will be close to extinction by 2026.
Molewa was speaking with CNN about the potential plans to auction off massive stockpiles of rhino horn.
The minister says government is considering the once off sale of some 16 400kg of its ivory stockpile in an attempt to alleviate the country's poaching problem.
Molewa says that government will not abandon its other tactics to combat poaching if the auction is implemented.
“It’s a matter of protecting our own heritage firstly. Secondly, it’s also a security issue. This is one of the things that actually undermine a security of a country. It shouldn’t happen. So for those two reasons we see this as a very serious matter.”
Over 300 rhino have been poached since January.
Rhino poaching is also fuelled by the huge demand in some Asian countries. They believe that rhino horn can cure anything.
There are currently international and local campaigns which are aimed at saving the rhino.
By:
Eyewitness News
Molewa was speaking with CNN about the potential plans to auction off massive stockpiles of rhino horn.
The minister says government is considering the once off sale of some 16 400kg of its ivory stockpile in an attempt to alleviate the country's poaching problem.
Molewa says that government will not abandon its other tactics to combat poaching if the auction is implemented.
“It’s a matter of protecting our own heritage firstly. Secondly, it’s also a security issue. This is one of the things that actually undermine a security of a country. It shouldn’t happen. So for those two reasons we see this as a very serious matter.”
Over 300 rhino have been poached since January.
Rhino poaching is also fuelled by the huge demand in some Asian countries. They believe that rhino horn can cure anything.
There are currently international and local campaigns which are aimed at saving the rhino.
By:
Eyewitness News
Three Rhino Poachers Sentenced To Five Years Each
Three men have been jailed for five years each for rhino poaching in Polokwane, Limpopo police said on Thursday.
Mozambican nationals Augustus Nkuna, Foster Nyoni, and Manyanga Shiringa were sentenced on Wednesday by the Makhado Regional Court, Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said.
"The trio were also handed a 12-month suspended sentence."
They were arrested in May last year after police caught them poaching rhinos at the Nwandeni Resort.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday evening, five alleged rhino poachers were arrested in Gravelotte after police received a tip-off.
"The five were planning to invade a private game farm and poach rhinos," said Mulaudzi.
Police confiscated a hunting rifle, two butcher knives and two vehicles.
The men were expected to appear in the Phalaborwa Magistrate's Court on Friday. Mulaudzi said the arrest of the five brought the number of people arrested for rhino poaching to eight this week. On Sunday, three men were arrested while they were en route to allegedly poach rhinos in Hoedspruit.
By:
South African Press Association
Mozambican nationals Augustus Nkuna, Foster Nyoni, and Manyanga Shiringa were sentenced on Wednesday by the Makhado Regional Court, Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said.
"The trio were also handed a 12-month suspended sentence."
They were arrested in May last year after police caught them poaching rhinos at the Nwandeni Resort.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday evening, five alleged rhino poachers were arrested in Gravelotte after police received a tip-off.
"The five were planning to invade a private game farm and poach rhinos," said Mulaudzi.
Police confiscated a hunting rifle, two butcher knives and two vehicles.
The men were expected to appear in the Phalaborwa Magistrate's Court on Friday. Mulaudzi said the arrest of the five brought the number of people arrested for rhino poaching to eight this week. On Sunday, three men were arrested while they were en route to allegedly poach rhinos in Hoedspruit.
By:
South African Press Association
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