No refuge for endangered rhinos: Poachers in African killing spree - Kruger National Park
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Nearly 100 endangered rhinos were poached in South Africa alone last year, and wildlife officials have to wage a constant battle with corrupt government officials and Vietnamese-paid crime syndicates who target the last rhinos of Africa just for an entirely mythical Chinese medicine (Traditional Asian Medicines or Chinese Medicine)A surge in rhinoceros poaching to service Asian markets for traditional medicine is underway in Africa. South Africa, previously a refuge for rhinos, has experienced a sudden increase in rhino poaching.
Pretoria, South Africa - Independent Online (IOL) said a spokesman for the Kruger National Park, William Mabasa, described a shocking scene of a rhino with its horns cut off, walking down a road in the park. The rhino eventually died, a victim of a 15-year-high in cases of poaching believed to be linked to organised crime.
"That was really the first case that I know of where we found a rhino that the horn was removed from and it was struggling on the road" said Mabasa.
Mabasa thought poachers had used tranquillisers to be able to cut off the horns without making noise. This is the first report of a rhino surviving after poachers’ cut off its horns.
They eventually had to destroy it because the wound was rather too big.
Two other rhinos in a small reserve near the executive capital, Pretoria, also perished after poachers overdosed them with tranquillisers. http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/289542
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