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05 Apr 2013

Poisoning horns is “not” a solution to the rhino poaching crisis

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By David Braun Circulating on Facebook today is a news report that purports to come from the “Bangkok Star,” a newspaper that doesn’t seem to have a website. “A woman mourns over the body of her deceased husband after he had purchased apparently purposely contaminated Rhino horn on the open market in Bangkok,” says the report, which is accompanied by a photograph ostensibly illustrating this situation. According to the report: “The source of the contamination is still to be verified but it is thought to be from a private game farm somewhere in southern Africa. Officials in Thailand are frantic

05 Apr 2013

Rhino horn ‘syndicate head’ attacks journo

Tags: Big Joe, Happy Sello Zitha, Magistrate Andreas Mastourades, rhino, rhino horn
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MIDDELBURG – Suspected head of a rhino horn smuggling syndicate Joseph Nyalungu allegedly attacked a journalist of the Middelburg Observer in the local court yesterday. 05 April 2013 | JANA BOSHOFF Shortly after Jana Boshoff took a photograph of Nyalungu, better known as Big Joe, he hit her with documents before attempting to hit her in the face. Boshoff backed off out of his reach but not before he got hold of her camera. Fellow journalist Yaseen Gaffar jumped to assistance. The incident was reported to Magistrate Andreas Mastourades shortly before proceedings. Boshoff was not injured. Another accused, Elijah

05 Apr 2013

Recent upswing in rhino attacks ‘does not point to increased intensity in poaching

Tags: black and white, China, CITES, illegal wildlife trade, kruger national park, Mozambique, Ms Mkutshulwa, poaching, rhino, rhino calf, Rhino Crisis, rhino horn, rhino horn trade, Rhino News, South Africa, TRAFFIC
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A RECENT spate of attacks on rhinos in the Kruger National Park, which has lost 145 rhinos to poachers this year, was not an indication of increased intensity in poaching, but rather part of fluctuations within the general escalation in poaching since 2008, South Africa National Parks (SANParks) spokeswoman Wanda Mkutshulwa said on Thursday. South Africa is home to more than 90% of the world’s rhinos, which are under attack from poachers eager to make money from Asia’s demand for rhino horn. Experts fear the species could be extinct by the middle of the century. “This is like full-scale war

25 Feb 2013

RHINOFEST 2013

Tags: black and white, Die Tuindwergies, OSCAP, Protrack Anti, rhino calf, rhino horn trade, Rhino News, rhino poaching, Rhino Project, RhinoFest 2013, Saving Private Rhino
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The RhinoFest SA is being held on the 23rd March 2013 in Mokopane (180km outside Pretoria). The line up is set for Rhinofest SA 2013 As things stand this is the line up of bands that will perform • Zebra and Giraffe • Aking • Wrestlerish • Die Tuindwergies • 6.9.1 • My Epic • The Plastics The surprise Big Name Band is Van Coke Kartel There are also over 25 Dj’s who will perform on the day. Tickets are available at computicket. 1 main stage and 3 performance stages will ensure you have the time of your life. Come

25 Feb 2013

The Great White Rhino Hunting debate

Tags: Africa, Asia, black and white, China, CITES, illegal wildlife trade, ivory, kruger national park, Mozambique, poaching, rhino, Rhino Crisis, rhino horn trade, South Africa, TRAFFIC, vietnam, White Rhino
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THE GREAT RHINO HUNTING DEBATE: The hunting debate has once again reared its ugly head with the news that Timbavati will be holding 2 White Rhino hunts in the near future. As is common knowledge Timbavati is one of a few APNR’s (Association of Private Nature Reserves) that have removed their fences between themselves and the Kruger National Park which allows animals to move freely between Kruger and these hunting concessions and lodges. Most of these APNR’s offer Rhino hunting safaris. Recently an Avaaz petition was started by Paul Kruger Safaris to stop the hunting of White Rhino at Timbavati.

02 Feb 2013

Two rhino killed a day since New Year

Tags: black and white, China, CITES, illegal wildlife trade, kruger national park, rhino, rhino horn trade, Rhino News, rhino poaching, South Africa
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Johannesburg – Poachers have killed 57 rhino from our national parks since the beginning of the month, a rate of almost two a day, officials said on Thursday. Despite stepped up anti-poaching operations, the department of environmental affairs said 42 rhino had been poached in the Kruger National Park alone. The park authorities blamed the staggering rate on “recent floods in the Kruger National Park, thick vegetation, two weeks of a full moon, aggressive incursions from Mozambique”. Authorities said 18 suspected poachers have been arrested from 1 January, and seven rhino horns recovered. Some suspects were found in possession of

12 Jan 2013

Woman attacked by rhino

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Johannesburg – A woman is in a serious condition after being attacked by a rhino at a game park in Roodepoort on Saturday, Gauteng paramedics said. The rhino struck the 24-year-old in the chest with its horn, said Netcare 911 spokesman Chris Botha said “Paramedics arrived at the scene and found her to be in a serious condition and in severe pain,” said Botha. “She was stabilised on scene and transported her to the Netcare Krugersdorp hospital for the care that she required.” It was unclear what triggered the attack. – Sapa http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/woman-attacked-by-rhino-1.1450500#.UPGCDuTCaSo

11 Jan 2013

Minister Molewa updates South Africans on the rhino situation and measures to thwart poaching

Tags: black and white, China, CITES, DNA, illegal wildlife trade, ivory, poaching, rhino, rhino calf, Rhino Crisis, rhino horn, rhino horn trade, Rhino News, rhino poaching, Rhino Project, South Africa
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10 January 2013 The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Ms Edna Molewa has expressed grave concern about the high rate of rhinos poached in 2012 and would like to reiterate government’s unwavering commitment in the continued fight against rhino poaching. The rhino poaching statistics indicate that a total of 668 rhinos were lost to poaching in South Africa in 2012 and a total of 267 arrests were made in relation to rhino poaching. Five rhinos have been poached since the beginning of this year, three of them in the Kruger National Park, one in the North West Province

11 Nov 2012

PETITION TO REINSTATE CHARGES AGAINST MARNUS STEYL

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PLEASE FOLLOW THE LINK TO THE AVAAZ PETITION TO HAVE CHARGES AGAINST MARNUS STEYL REINSTATED IN THE PSEUDO HUNTING CASE: SIGN THE PETITION HERE: http://petition.avaaz.org/en/petition/REINSTATE_CRIMINAL_CHARGES_AGAINST_MR_MARNUS_STEYL/?cIHaHdb JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — A South African court on Friday sentenced a Thai national to 40 years in prison for his part in a syndicate that smuggled dozens of rhino horns out of the country, the stiffest sentence ever handed down for such a crime in South Africa. Two government ministers praised the court for sending a strong message that rhino horn smuggling would not be tolerated. But critics questioned why Chumlong

11 Nov 2012

CITES welcomes Secretary Clinton’s ‘Call for Action’ on illegal wildlife trade

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Geneva, 11 November 2012 – CITES, the convention on international wildlife trade, welcomes the call to combat the illegal trade in wildlife made by US State Secretary Hillary Clinton at an event on ‘Wildlife Trafficking and Conservation: A Call to Action’ held in Washington, D.C. on 8 November, 2012. “…we now find ourselves with all of that positive effort that started 30, 40 years ago being affected by changes that we have to address at every level of the international community…over the past few years wildlife trafficking has become more organized, more lucrative, more widespread, and more dangerous than ever