Rhino family butchered
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES - Three white rhino were butchered and dehorned, at Charters Creek.
THREE white rhino were discovered, brutally butchered and dehorned, at Charters Creek on Sunday.
A post mortem estimated the bull, cow and calf to have been shot and killed about a week before.
And with another carcass found at Mkhuze Game Reserve on Saturday, the KZN rhino death toll has risen to 38 this year.
‘Ezemvelo field rangers on a routine patrol on the Western Shores of Lake St Lucia, southwest of Charters Creek, found the family group of three rhino, which included a calf, poached and all their horns hacked off and taken by the perpetrators,’ said iSimangaliso CEO Andrew Zaloumis.
‘Rhino poaching in KZN has continued in 2015 at the same rate as 2014 with a shocking average of two rhino being per poached week.
‘Sadly the iSimangaliso Wetland Park has not escaped this ruthless slaughter and dreadful onslaught on all our heritage.
‘Ezemvelo, who are the responsible agency for wildlife protection in iSimangaliso, have confirmed they have stepped up patrols in the area.
‘Investigations are continuing from the SAPS Hawks unit and Ezemvelo staff. They have the full and active support of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority.’
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