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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Black Rhino Poached in iSimangaliso Wetland Park

iSimangaliso Wetland Park (formerly the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park) suffered the loss of an adult male black rhino through poaching on 3 September. The dehorned carcass was found in the Ozabeni section of the wetland park within 24 hours of it being poached.

The park authority is "outraged" at the crime and plans to follow in Limpopo province's footsteps by offering a reward of R100 000 to any member of the public able to provide sufficient evidence leading to the conviction of the poacher/s. Perhaps this will encourage the park authority to spend the monies raised through recent fund raising events on the prevention of poaching and the protection of the park's rhino population, thus preventing the need for the offering of such large sums as reward after the fact.

Although tragic, it must be said that this is only the second rhino poached in the wetland park in two years and while some may say that two is two too many, most of the country's other large reserves have suffered far greater losses.
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