More than 1,000 rhinos have been poached in South Africa since January, beating last year’s total of 1004 with still six weeks of the year to go.
The Kruger National Park lost the largest number of rhinos at 672, while a total of 110 rhino have been poached in Limpopo, 84 in KwaZulu-Natal, 70 in Mpumalanga, 58 in North West and 15 in the Eastern Cape.
“Unfortunately the threat of poaching has continued to escalate while various multi-faceted interventions are being implemented by South Africa,” South Africa’s Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa said at a Rhino Conservation Side Event at the 6th World Parks Congress in Australia.
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