Counter Poaching Efforts

[Sprocky]

Quite right ref!! Would a privately chartered jet manage to land at Edwards Air Force Base???

RP, on another thread said that the US must wake up, I agree, but on this one SA must be woken up and quickly!!!

[Sprocky]

Number of Law enforcement injured by poachers...0

Touch wood!

I am sorry RP, but that is a pathetic attitude to take on! It's like saying,...sorry to hear that you were robbed, but luckily you got away with your life in tact.

You go and tell Andrew that what he fought for was great, but luckily it was not the enemy that shot him. Say the same to Jakes' widow, explain to her that it was not the poachers that shot the chopper down!!!

This is exactly why this country is in such a state, we accept too much crime as being the norm. Time for the fat cats to grow some balls and sort out their own countries crap instead of heading across the borders and oceans to try and help there!!!

[Richprins]

I don't think my statement was pathetic...rather indicating that officers in the field currently have an advantage over poachers...of which poachers are well aware too! The problem is they mostly get caught or killed after the crime, unfortunately. I certainly don't accept this as being the norm, hence our continued efforts!

[Sprocky]

You CANNOT judge the success rate of anti-poaching by the number of poachers arrested or by the number of anti-poaching officers not killed by poachers!!! You judge it on the number of poaching incidents brought down to zero!!!

[Bushcraft]

I'm assuming that the brains trust in SANParks have looked at the below if they put the fence back up

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[Penga Ndlovu]

I have said this time and time again.

Even if you combine the killed poachers and the arrested poachers and you put them against the amount of rhinos poached this year, the outcome is more than pathetic.

It is by no means an indicator that the anti- poaching effort is gaining momentum.

Also other factors have to be taken knto consideration.
Like the amount of calves been killed at the moment and directly linked the amount of females that are killed.
Also the fact that more males are being born than females.

All in all it makes for a really dire situation and the conseques will only be visible in the coming years.

By no means we are winning the battle let alone the war.

We are loosing big time as it is now.

[Sprocky]

Thats assuming that there is a "brains trust" in SANParks.

On the other hand, is an international border now placed under the control of supposed conservation experts and not national security?

[Bushcraft]

FFT solution is cheaper than you think and it works, but I can put money on it that it hasn't even been looked at.

There are plenty other solutions out there also, but as a start the fence needs to go back up

[Bushcraft]

I’m also assuming that all in the counter poaching initiative are “armed” with thermal imaging cameras with video analytics. The analytics can do all the identification for you and indentify people amongst hundreds of animals. Also relatively inexpensive if it’s looked at in perspective

[H. erectus]

[quote="Sprocky"]nternational border here wishing for african fairies to
come flit flutting past!!! Africa lets get real here!!!...
you are wasting your natural resources for immediate resolution. A state
of norm forever unquestioned!!