Rhino poaching rises
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RHINO poaching is on the rise in South Africa, with 277 of the endangered animals killed this year despite government attempts to clamp down on poaching, the environment ministry said on Wednesday.
Illegal hunting is up more than a third compared to the same time a year ago, when 203 of the giant animals were slaughtered by poachers, the ministry said.
Many of the attacks were in Kruger National Park, where 166 animals were killed in the first three months of 2014, despite the deployment of soldiers to protect them.
Hunters often kill rhinos inside the heavily-guarded reserve and then escape with the hacked-off horns to Mozambique, where they are then exported around the world. After “extensive negotiations,” South Africa and Mozambique signed a MOU to address the escalating crisis.
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