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South Africa’s SanWild Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and Sanctuary has announced its first program for training rangers in counter poaching methods to protect rhinos and other wildlife.
The first set of courses will begin next week.
The duration of the training is six weeks, and pricing information is available on the SanWild website.
On completion of the training, successful recruits will be considered for a further six months deployment in the SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary.
After completing their optional six-months deployment in the SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary on a volunteer basis, qualified rangers will be considered for full time employment in a crack SanWild professional counter poaching unit that will work for provincial, national or private reserves on the contractual basis.
Visit the SanWild website for full details about the training program.
Volunteer rhino guards needed
Individuals with military training are also encouraged to become temporary rhino guards on a volunteer basis, for various game farms. Free food and accommodation will be supplied.
Please contact Louise Joubert via email to learn more about this volunteer opportunity:
louise (at) sanwild (dot) org
Source: Louise Joubert, SanWild Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and Sanctuary
Image via SanWild Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and Sanctuary
In response to the alarming escalation in rhino poaching, WWF has launched a global campaign to raise awareness and funds for the world’s remaining rhinos.
Over the last five years, more than 600 rhinos have been illegally killed to fuel the demand for rhino horn in traditional Asian medicines – even though rhino horn actually contains no medicinal properties.
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A rhino poacher who was shot during a gun battle with the Anti-Poaching Unit in the Pilanesberg Reserve reportedly confessed from his hospital bed that he was promised R10,000 to kill and de-horn a rhino.
Musa Zondi of the Anti-Poaching Unit said via Eyewitness News that the poacher died from his wounds in the hospital after being questioned by the authorities.
He told the police that he was Mozambican and that he was promised R10,000 to shoot rhinos.
An illegal weapon and an axe were recovered by authorities.
However, the dead man’s two accomplices are still at large.
Source: Eyewitness News
Image: Wikimedia Commons
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Infamous animal trafficker Anson Wong – who was recently arrested in Malaysia – is just one of the real-life villains portrayed in this shocking organized crime exposé.
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Thanks to a tip, police managed to arrest four Zimbabwean men for attempting to kill rhinos in the Lephalale Game Reserve in Limpopo, South Africa.
Fortunately, they were caught before any rhinos were harmed.
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A public hearing regarding the case of illegally transporting two rhino horns was reportedly held earlier this week in Jiangnan District Court of Nanning City, Guangxi Province.
The prosecuting attorney recommended that the suspect – a TCM practitioner who confessed to being a repeat offender – be sentenced to ten years in prison.
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A vigorous debate about the controversial idea of legalizing trade in rhino horn has erupted and is now in full swing on social media networks and the blogosphere.
Supporters such as Wildlife Ranching South Africa (WRSA) claim that legal trade would be tightly monitored and a way to raise funds for rhino conservation. Opponents point out that legal trade would increase demand for rhino horn products and make poaching even more profitable by creating avenues to launder illegal rhino horn.
In this article, we take a look at some of the existing opportunities for limited legal trade relating to rhino horn and how they may already be contributing to illegal trade, and ultimately, killing rhinos.
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An armed gang of eight to ten men tied up two workers at a Limpopo farm located between Modimolle and Vaalwater, and then proceeded to kill two rhinos and saw off their horns.
This shocking attack reportedly occurred in broad daylight on Monday afternoon.
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Four rhino poachers were arrested Saturday as they were plotting to kill rhinos in Assam’s Orang National Park. Thanks to a tip, authorities raided a house in Bihudia village, which is located near the edge of the park.
On Sunday, two more poachers were arrested. Unfortunately, they had already obtained a rhino horn.
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