Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Rhino poachers sink to new lows

I came across another disturbing news article on Wildlife South Africa's website about Rhino poaching. Again in Johannesburg, Poachers have resorted to using poison to kill the Rhinos located on the game farm in Mookgophong. The Wildlife Ranching SA Operating Manager, Reinhardt Holtzhausen, found 14 cabbage halves sprinkled with either Curaterr or Albicarap. Three out of the five species of Rhino are listed as critically endangered, and not only do all these wildlife conservation groups and efforts have to worry about barely traceable amounts of poison being put on everything that the Rhino would eat but the also have to worry about other animals that could potentially eat them. Entires ecosystems could crash if the introduction of poison into them, even if these poachers only care about the Rhino. Something has to be done to stop this from not only stop this from happening in game parks but also in the wild.

http://www.wildlifesouthafrica.com/wildlife-news-articles.php

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