Poachers suspected of killing four rhinos have been arrested after a sting operation in 4x4s by sniffer dogs, helicopters and rangers in South Africa’s largest game reserve, the Kruger Park, the park said on Wednesday, July 6. to
Carcass and wounded rhinoceros
It all started on Friday with the report of a tourist who said he heard two shots. The action begins immediately. Guards of the reserve see a dead body from the helicopter, as well as a wounded rhino next to it, the national parks department said in a press release. Two more dead rhinos were found in the area, and the second helicopter was mobilized.
After all, it’s the dogsname the specific area where three suspects are found and arrested“The press release continues, detailing that they are Mozambicans who entered illegally, armed with a large-caliber shotgun and ammunition. Three rhinoceros horns were found among their belongings. The wounded rhino later had to be euthanized because the severity of the gunshot wounds did not save it, the statement said.
The vast Kruger National Park, almost the size of Belgium, borders Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Its wealth of fauna is one of South Africa’s main tourist attractions. Its rhino population has been decimated by poaching. The park had 3,259 white rhinos and 268 of the rarer black rhino last year, half the number in 2013, according to Save the Rhino.
South Africa is home to almost 80% of the world’s rhinos. They are hunted to meet the high demand for their horns in Asia, where they are used in traditional medicine or for their supposed aphrodisiac properties.
Source: Le Figaro
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