Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Shock as 23 Rhino Killed in 1st Two Weeks of May

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Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Shock as 23 Rhino Killed in 1st Two Weeks of May

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http://www.sapeople.com/2017/05/13/hluh ... weeks-may/

According to local reports in South Africa, as many as NINE rhino were killed this week in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park in KwaZulu-Natal… in what is becoming a tragic occurrence every time there is a full moon (nicknamed Poachers’ Moon).

This brings the total rhino killed by poachers in the park during the first two weeks of this month – May 2017 – to an insane total of 23.

As security and anti-poaching measures have been stepped up in the Kruger National Park, poachers from Mpumalanga have been turning their focus to KwaZulu-Natal.

Local resident, Patrick van Rensburg, told SAPeople: “I live in Zululand very close to Hluhluwe Game Reserve. As the rhino anti-poaching efforts have increased in the Kruger Park the poaching has moved to Hluhluwe.



“We are being hammered right now. Ironically Hluhluwe/Imfolozi is the reserve that saved the white rhino from extinction…”

Two poaching suspects have reportedly been arrested in Mpumalanga.

The fresh rhino carcasses – 8 in Imfolozi and 1 in Hluhluwe – were found without their 18 horns, leading to the assumption that more than one gang was involved, said News24 who confirmed the “mid-week massacre” with Ezemvelo on Saturday morning.

At least 89 rhino have been killed for their horns in KwaZulu-Natal this year.

Patrick has created this video which he hopes will be shared and raise awareness…

“It questions the very foundation of the problem,” he says. “It’s just a small contribution to the fight against poaching… but every little bit helps.”

Watch “Fake News Rhino and Insanity”
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Produced by Patrick van Rensburg


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