Suspected poachers killed
Updated | By Shayling Guy
South African National Parks spokesman William Mabasa expressed that “There was a shootout and two of the three suspected poachers were fatally wounded,” in which a third suspect escaped during the incident which took place around 5am in the vast park. South Africa is still battling a rhino poaching crisis, with over 1,000 animals being killed for their horns in 2014, of which 700 of them where from the Kruger National Park. The South African government have in recent times have adopted a plan to evacuate the animals from Kruger to safety zones, including neighbouring countries.
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