Rhino files: Give Killi Horns still giving

2014 Rhino count:

331 rhinos poached so far in 2014

 

Give Killi Horns still giving

MBD Give Killi Horns have supported IT equipment for the Game Reserves United Ops Room as well as Field equipment for their operational team.

 

All the reserves within the GRU initiative extend their heartfelt thanks to The Martin Bester Drive team and StopRhinoPoaching.com for their support!

 

Suspected rhino poacher shot dead

By Richard Compton

 

Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife anti-poaching unit staff (APU's) shot and killed two poachers last weekend at KZN's premier game reserve Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park (HiP). This was one of three poaching incursions confronted over the past four days.

The poachers had shot and killed a White Rhino at Manzimnyama (near Memorial Gate) but Ezemvelo's field staff had heard the shots and confronted them. The one poacher was killed instantly while the second was wounded and later died.

An axe, a .375 rifle and two white rhino horns were found in their possession.

 

Veil over rhino reserves after heist

By Lysle Comins / Daily News

 

 KwaZulu-Natal’s rhino horn reserves were stored in a high security “secret location somewhere in the province”, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife chief executive Dr Bandile Mkhize said last week.

 

Mkhize, who was reacting to the theft of 112 pieces of rhino horn with an estimated value of R168 million from the Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency, said the burglary highlighted the need to legalise the trade in rhino horn.

 

But Mkhize said he was “very confident” that KZN’s rhino horn reserves were being kept in a “very safe place, and security around it is very tight”. He said security included CCTV surveillance cameras, an electric fence and security guards.

 

“It is a lot of horns, but I can’t say what the value is because the value is relative. There is no official value of rhino horns,” Mkhize said.

 

However, Mkhize said that as a “staunch advocate” for legalising the trade in rhino horns, the recent theft had only reinforced his argument that this was part of the solution to fight rhino poaching.