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  • First Elephant Poached In Kruger Park IN A DECADE

    16 May 2014 by Seth Rotherham in Animals, Conservation, good vibes, rhino
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    Elephant poaching is out of control around Africa, but it’s been a decade since one has occurred in the Kruger National Park. The poachers down here have always preferred hacking off rhino horns. Until now.

    This, from News24:

    An elephant has been poached in the Pafuri region of the Kruger National Park, the first such killing in a decade, the SA National Parks (SANParks) said on Thursday.

    Head of SANParks’s anti-poaching efforts Major General (retired) Johan Jooste said it was believed that the elephant bull was shot for its tusks, which were hacked off and taken by the poachers.

    Rangers identified footprints of about four people leading towards Mozambique out of the park.

    “Upon further investigations, which involved backtracking, the rangers on patrol came upon the elephant carcass,” Jooste said.

    Acting CEO Abe Sibiya said the SANParks had been largely focused on prevention of rhino poaching, but rampant elephant poaching elsewhere in Africa indicated that it was merely a matter of time before South Africa was targeted too.

    [more here]

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