A total of 448 rhinos were killed by poachers in 2022 in South Africa, the country with the largest population of these animals in the world, which represents a slight drop compared to 2021, when 451 were slaughtered, the South African Environment Ministry said yesterday. The Kruger National Park (in the north-east of the country),...
More than eight thousand rhinos have been killed by poachers in the period between 2008 and 2022 throughout the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park region. According to a statement from the National Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC), more than 107 rhinos have already been slaughtered this year. Poaching consists, fundamentally, in the indiscriminate killing and trafficking of protected species...
The Zinave National Park, located in southern Mozambique, received eight more rhinos as part of plans to rehabilitate the area, supported by the South African Peace Parks foundation, said official source quoted by Lusa. "These are rare and endangered animals, so it is extremely important to strengthen security," explained to the media Bernard...