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Nirgendwo auf der Welt gibt es mehr Nashörner als in Südafrika. Rund 20.000 sollen in den Weiten des Landes leben. Wilderer jedoch sind wegen ihres Horns auf der Jagd nach den Tieren. Um die Nashörner zu schützen, werden sie von Wildhütern enthornt.
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09.11.2020
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Die Wilderei in Südafrika grassiert - gerade in der Corona-Krise. Dem Nashornbullen Seha hackten Wilderer lebendig die Hörner ab. Doch er überlebte und hat jetzt mit einem anderen gequälten Nashorn Nachwuchs.
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South African National Parks (SANParks) has today, 18 May 2021 welcomed the finalization of two long-running rhino poaching trials by the Skukuza Regional Court. One rhino poacher was sentenced on 14 May whilst three, including a former SANParks employee, were sentenced on 17 May respectively.
Nito Mathebula was arrested in Tshokwane Section in January 2019 while hunting in the Park illegally. Two of his accomplices managed to evade arrest. He was found guilty of trespassing in a National Park, breaking the Immigration Act and the killing of a rhino. He was sentenced to an effective 13 years in custody after being found guilty on three poaching related charges.
Three accused Phineas Dinda a former SANParks full corporal in the Rangers Corps, Arlindo Manyike from Mozambique and Alfa Gwebana a South African citizen were arrested in Tshokwane Section in May 2019. All three persons were found guilty of trespassing in a national Park, conspiracy to commit a crime, possession of an unlicensed firearm, live ammunition and axe. Manyike was also found guilty of contravening the Immigration Act. They were all sentenced to an effective sixteen years in prison.
The Managing Executive of KNP, Gareth Coleman welcomed the sentences saying "we would like to congratulate the prosecution, SAPS and our hard-working dedicated Rangers Corps who arrested the suspects and presented credible evidence that led to the sentences imposed by the courts. We hope this will send a message to others that justice will ultimately be served. It is particularly concerning that one of our own employees has been arrested and imprisoned. We are aware of the involvement of employees in colluding with poachers. We call on all employees who have information pertaining to this collision to come forward or use the Ethics and Fraud Hotline. With the opening of the Skukuza Court again we are seeing a significant increase in convictions. We expect this trend to increase and poachers may find short term benefit from poaching but they will be apprehended impacting on their own, their families and community livelihoods."
Skukuza Regional court resumed hearing cases on 1 April after attempts were made to close it down.
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South African National Parks - Kruger National Park
Media enquiries:
Isaac Phaahla
GM: Communications & Marketing, KNP
Tel: 013 735 4363, cell 083 673 6974 or email: Isaac.phaahla@sanparks.org
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The South African National Parks (SANParks) today, 18 June 2021 welcomed the sentencing of a rhino poacher to a total of 23 years in prison for rhino poaching and other offences by the Skukuza Regional Court prosecuting team.
Alsony Alberto Valoyi, an illegal immigrant from Mozambique, pleaded guilty in the Skukuza Regional Court to six rhino poaching related charges after he was arrested inside the Kruger National Park (KNP) in November 2016.
Meanwhile, three rhino poaching suspects have been arrested on separate incidents in the past seven days at Lower Sabie section of the Park.
The Managing Executive of the KNP, Gareth Coleman has congratulated all the teams involved in the arrests and successful conviction of suspects saying "in the last seven days we have noticed 25 poaching activities indicating the relentless onslaught that is being waged against our natural heritage by criminal syndicates. We are grateful to have colleagues who are equal to the task of protecting our fauna and flora and continue to call on our communities to match the efforts of the Rangers for us to defeat these criminals. We thank the tourists who assisted in one of the arrests and encourage everyone to be vigilant and report any suspicious activities".
The organization expressed shock and disbelief at the brazen killing of a suspected poaching Kingpin in Hazyview on Thursday, 17 June 2021 in broad daylight. He was due to face trial soon in connection with a spate of rhino poaching cases.
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South African National Parks, Kruger National Park
Media enquiries:
Isaac Phaahla
GM: Communications & Marketing, SANParks
Tel: 013 735 4262; Cell 083 673 6974
Email: Isaac.phaahla@sanparks.org
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South African National Parks (SANParks) and security partners in the Greater Kruger Region are jointly implementing a range of interventions as part of an integrated wildlife management approach to counter the effects of wildlife crime; in particular rhino poaching. As part of several initiatives, certain entities have embarked on strategic dehorning of selected rhinos in the Greater Kruger Protected Area landscape; and these are ongoing.
Kruger National Park (KNP) has implemented a range of integrated management actions to minimise the impact of rhino poaching such as:
The parties in the Greater Kruger landscape are committed to ensuring the survival of these species and will continuously communicate and innovate for the benefit of the ecosystem and protection of key species. SANParks, Provincial Parks in Limpopo (LEDET) and Mpumalanga (MTPA) as well as other private reserves within the Greater Kruger area have approved the initiative. The Greater Kruger parties will evaluate the effect of the integrated management response on an ongoing basis, and use the results and outcomes to adapt management approaches to the poaching scourge.
- Strategic dehorning of rhino in certain core areas of the KNP.
- Strengthening security measures by deploying more SANDF and SAPS patrols to conduct random stop and search operations within the KNP.
- Specialised radar, airborne and other detection technologies to even track poachers on foot.
- Highly trained tracker dogs and hounds to track suspected poachers in the bush.
- Continue to brief the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on the state of wildlife crime. It has been established that the loss of a cow has a compound effect since it also includes the loss of a dependant calf and future calves. The compound effect is part of various factors that affect the population growth of rhinos apart from the immediate disruptive effect of poaching. The cows are extremely important for the overall population performance and need to be protected by introducing stiffer sentences in incidents where they have been poached for their horn and a calf is left destitute.
"These measures are not new in the fight against the scourge of poaching but we are intensifying them to render the incursions ineffective and counter the infiltration of our Rangers Corps by criminal syndicates. The courts have imposed stiff sentences in recent trials which is welcome as it shows the seriousness of the crimes and the threat posed by the criminal syndicates to the fauna and flora of South Africa," said the Managing Executive of the KNP, Gareth Coleman.
SANParks appreciates the tourists that have reported suspicious characters which have led to successful arrests and continue to encourage communities and other members of society to assist with information so that we can get on top of this criminality. Since the beginning of July 2021, KNP has had 10 successful arrests with 7 high calibre firearms confiscated. Â It is clear that risks are increasing for poachers that dare to venture into the KNP.
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South African National Parks - Kruger National Park
Enquiries:
Isaac Phaahla
GM: Communications & Marketing - KNP
Tel: 013 735 4363, cell 083 673 6974 or email: Isaac.phaahla@sanparks.org
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Die Nashorn-Wilderei in Südafrika nimmt nach einem Rückgang im Pandemiejahr 2020 wieder zu.
In den ersten sechs Monaten 2021 seien mindestens 249 Rhinozerosse getötet worden, erklärte Umweltministerin Creecy. Das seien mindestens 83 mehr als im gleichen Zeitraum des Vorjahres. Allein im bei Touristen beliebten Krüger-Nationalpark seien in diesem Jahr bereits 132 Nashörner getötet worden.
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The South African National Parks (SANParks) today, 3 September 2021 welcomed the sentencing of three rhino poachers to a total of 105 years in prison for rhino poaching and other offences by the Skukuza Regional Court prosecuting team on 2 September 2021. The three poachers were arrested in 2017 after killing three rhinos in the Marula (southern) section of the Kruger National Park. Two of the convicted poachers Accused 2 and 3, Shangani Mathebula and Emmanuel Mdhluli are from Mozambique; while Accused 1 Walter Hendrik Mangane is South African.
Whilst handing out the sentences, the magistrate explained in detail the manner in which the three poachers killed three rhinos in execution-style and were caught red-handed whilst in the process of plundering the animals. She asked Accused 1 to mend his ways as he had multiple cases which happened over 10 years ago in the KNP, was the oldest of the three at 58 of age; but had a negative influence on the communities and the youth as the other two accused are 29 and 32 years old.
Reacting to the sentences the Managing Executive of the KNP, Gareth Coleman congratulated the Environmental Crime Investigative Unit and Ranger Services for working closely with the Investigating Officer and the other South African Police Service Units to bring solid evidence before the court. He commended the Prosecuting Team for a stellar job in arguing for a stiff sentence and thanked the Rangers, Air Services and K9 Units for their swift reaction in apprehending the accused and ensuring that justice is served. "These sentences should serve as a deterrent to those intending to come and kill our natural heritage and destroying the livelihoods of our people. We have in the past few months intensified our security efforts in the Park to good effect but successful convictions require that the prosecutorial and justice pillars in our society are operating effectively. These sentences will motivate the teams who work tirelessly day and night to protect our fauna and flora," concluded Coleman.
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South African National Parks, Kruger National Park
Media enquiries:
Isaac Phaahla
GM: Communications and Marketing, SANParks
Tel: 013 735 4262, cell 083 673 6974 or email: Isaac.phaahla@sanparks.org
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South African National Parks announced the arrest of four rhino poachers in the Kruger National Park (KNP) which took place over the weekend of 15 - 18 October 2021. Members of the Rangers Corp, assisted by the K9 Unit and the Aviators of the Airwing affected the arrests at the Stolznek section of the Park.
In the first incident on Friday, 15 October 2021, Rangers followed up on a spoor and startled the suspected poachers sitting under a tree who tried to flee; but Rangers quickly rounded up and successfully apprehended them. A high calibre hunting rifle, ammunition and poaching equipment were seized at the scene. The suspects will appear in court in due course while investigations continue.
The second incident took place on Saturday, 16 October 2021. Rangers followed up after hearing gunshots and stumbled upon two suspected poachers. The one suspect who had a rifle was fatally wounded whilst the second managed to evade arrest. A backpack with two rhino horns was recovered next to the body of the suspect as well as a high calibre rifle and poaching equipment. A carcass of a male black rhino was found nearby, indicating that the horns were hacked from this particular animal.
Meanwhile, the Skukuza Regional Court sentenced Simon Lubisi to an effective 19 years in custody for killing and dehorning a rhino. Lubisi was arrested in the Crocodile Bridge Section together with three co-accused while busy dehorning a rhino. One suspect was fatally wounded when he shot at the Rangers and the three accused were apprehended and granted bail upon their appearance before a Magistrate. They all absconded but fortunately, Lubisi was arrested again in the Park and stood trial, resulting in the conviction and sentencing on Thursday, 14 October 2021.
The Managing Executive of the KNP, Gareth Coleman congratulated the anti-poaching teams for their weekend success and the prosecuting team on the conviction and sentencing of Lubisi. "We are saddened to have lost a rhino over the weekend but are encouraged by the brave actions of our multi-disciplinary anti-poaching teams who successfully took out two rifles from the system and apprehended suspects who are now in custody. We also appreciate the heavy sentences that the Skukuza Regional Court has been handing down recently, it gives motivation to all those who work tirelessly to arrest the suspects found in the park. The kingpins are still out there and we hope they get arrested soon to face the might of the law for their criminality" said Coleman.
For this reporting period, July - 28 Sept 2021, there has been an increase of 29.41% in the number of poachers arrested (22) as compared to (17) for the same period in 2020. There has been an increase of 85.71% in the number of poacher firearms recovered (13) as compared to (7) for the same period in 2020. The KNP Management is confident of getting on top of the situation with all the security updates that have been put into commission.
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South African National Parks - Kruger National Park
Media enquiries:
Isaac Phaahla
GM: Communications and Marketing, SANParks
Tel: 013 735 4262, cell 083 673 6974 or email: Isaac.phaahla@sanparks.org
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