Poachers have raided the pristine Mombo Concession in the Okavango Delta, killing three rhinos and stealing their highly sought after horns within a period of one month. On Tuesday security agents discovered two carcasses of rhinos, one fresh and the other seven months old.
Unconfirmed reports indicate that a team was dispatched from Mombo camp
on Thursday to check three other suspected rhino carcasses. Should they
be confirmed the total number of rhinos killed in Mombo will increase to
six in a space of a month. Two weeks ago, the Botswana Defence Force
(BDF) anti-poaching unit shot and killed two suspected poachers they
encountered while tracking a wounded female rhino. The suspects, who had
shot the rhino, were ambushed and killed on sight.
Total No of Rhinos slaughtered in South Africa to End of December 2021 = 451 Official figures. Note: the number of wild rhinos in Kruger has declined from 3,500 to 2,800 in one year. Read my blog below for Headlines from around the World concerning the Global Catastrophe that is causing the biggest mass extinction since the Permian Period, and News of the fight to stop the slaughter of the Planet's Wildlife before it is too late.
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