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Sharifa wrote:16 for today Penga How is this possible?

Something is very wrong.

It is a new DEA update Sharifa.
They do not always tell us about rhinos being poached.
They just dump the figures on us.

Wendy Warwick STTU:

" we dealt with another poaching last night, these rhino were injured and are both fine, horns still intact"

From Allison Thomson

"Just had a very interesting phone call. Apparently Sabi Sands have lost 36 rhinos this year alone!!!!!! How do those 36 fit into the stats - are they being shown in the stats even? I doubt it. I find this very very worrying. Essentially those rhinos are mostly KNP rhinos - no matter what Sabi tells you about them introducing rhinos etc - there are no fences and the rhinos wander from KNP into Sabi Sands and out again as they wish."

Alicia Dippenaar (OSCAP):

@AntiPoach 5rhino&2calves dehorned last year 2 save lives.all 7 hacked 2 death with panga last night for remainder horn



This is getting to be just crazy.

This puts our stats at 324

Just awaiting conformation as Kruger has lost a few moere over the last few days.

2013 Rhino poaching stats: 324




(324) 15 May 2013: 7 Rhinos (5 adults, 2 calves) - Machadadorp area

(317) 15 May 2013: 2 Rhinos Thabazimbi area

(315) 15 May 2013: 2 Rhinos Vaalwater area

(313)15 May 2013: DEA update

(295)10 May 2013: Dulini, Sabi Sands adult male

(294) 9 May 2013: 2 white rhino Gravelott (stumps removed)

(292) 8 May 2013 : UPDATE

(280) 7 May 2013: 2 rhino Northam (SOR)

(278) 6 May 2013: 1 bull shot-horns removed, female wounded (SOR)

(277) 3 May 2013: 2 rhino Aaltantla NW (SOR)

(275) 3 May 2013: 2 rhino between Koster & Rustenburg NW ( SOR)

(273) 30 April 2013: DEA Update

(260) 29 April 2013: 2 White Rhinos - NW Province

(258) 27 April 2013: 1 White rhino cow and calf - Pretoriuskop, KNP

(256) 28 April 2013: 1 Black Rhino - KNP

(255) 24 April 201: 5 Rhino KNP

(250) 24 April 2013: 1 Rhino Sabi Sands

(249) 25 April 2013: DEA update

(244) 24 April 2013: 1 Rhino cow Naboomspruit

(243) 21 April 2013: 1 Rhino Dinokeng (injured in the original poaching on 21st)

(242) 22 April 2013: Zulu Nyala - Hluhluwe - KZN

(241) 21 April 2013: 1 Male Rhino Dinokeng (in boma)

(240) 20 April 2013: 2 Sabi Sands (cow and calf)

(238) 18 April 2013: 1 Sabi Sands

(237) 17 April 2013: 1 Lephalale

(236) 14 April 2013: 4 Kruger National Park

(232) 18 April 2013: DEA UPDATE

(231) 13 April 2013: 3 Rhinos Louis Trichardt

(228) 14 April 2013: 1 Rhino Naboomspruit

(227) 11 April 2013: STATS UPDATE

(207) 10 April 2013: Rhinos shot in Steenbokpan area. Male & Female, horns removed.

(205) 09 April 2013: White rhino cow and calf N’wanetsi, KNP

(203) 03 April 2013: DEA update

(162) 16 Mar 2013: Ezemvelo update - 4 Rhinos KZN

(158) 14 Mar 2013: DEA update 158

(146) 6 Mar 2013: DEA Update

(107) 25 Feb 2013: 2 Rhinos Nambiti Hills Lodge, Kzn

(105) 20 Feb 2013: 4 day old carcass found Ndumo Game Reserve, KZN

(104) 21 Feb 2013: 2 W Rhino Bulhoek Farm, NW

(102) 20 Feb 2013: SANPARKS Update

(99) 20 Feb 2013: 1 WR Bull - limpopo

(98) 19 Feb 2013: 2 W Rhino - Limpopo

(96) 13 Feb 2013: DEA Update

(86) 09 Feb 2013: 2 Rhinos poached 1 injured Bulhoek farm NW Province

(85) 07 Feb 2013: 1 White Rhino Modumela GR, (Limpopo)

(84) 07 Feb 2013: 2 Rhino Hluhluwe Imfolozi

(82) 06 Feb 2013: DEA Update

(39) 21 Jan 2013: NWCRU Update

(18) 19 Jan 2013: 2 White Bulls + calf NW Province

(15) 16 Jan 2013: 7 additional Rhino reported killed in KNP since beg of 2013

(8) 15 Jan 2013: 2 Rhino Hlhuhluwe Imfolozi, Kzn (Cow and calf)

(6) 07 Jan 2013: 1 Black Rhino Madikwe (thought to be from previous poaching- autopsy still to confirm)

(5) 06 Jan 2013: 1 Rhino Lower Sabi

(4) 06 Jan 2013: 1 Rhino Sabi Sands

(3) 06 Jan 2013: 1 White Rhino , Nietverdiend area, NW (Madikwe) - carcass approx 5 days old

(2) 01 Jan 2013: 2 Rhino - KNP Houtboschrand area (suspected staff involvement)





* 2 rhinos reported on 1st January 2013 to be added into 2012 stats

* 2 rhinos at Pilansberg found begining Feb (poached last year) 1 White Rhino,1 Black Rhino

This doesn't go down well with the morning paper and fresh coffee......
The fact that the stats can fe faaaaar more than it actually is, where will this all end?

To all involved fighting this battle, do not give up

Thabazimbi, Vaalwater, Northam, Koster....Mozambiquans involved?

Another loss.

325

Un bloody believeable - and when one posts what you think is an update you have some referring your to other media statements. Lets be brutally honest we will NEVER be told the whole truth!