Poachers fatally wounded in KNP
The Kruger National Park has lost 266 of the 402 rhino killed across the country for its horn in 2014.
CROCODILE BRIDGE – Rangers of the Kruger National Park (KNP) fatally wounded two poachers who opened fire on them in the early hours of Thursday. A third suspect escaped across the border to Mozambique, SANParks confirmed. A firearm, ammunition, equipment and a set of rhino horns were recovered at the scene.
The number of arrests in the KNP this year totals 52 and the number of rhino poached in the park at 266. The implementation of a combined action plan against poaching by South Africa nad Mozambique will be finalised and signed by the end of July, according to the department of environmental affairs.
This followed on the signing of a memorandum of understanding at Skukuza on April 17 by the minister of water and environmental affairs, Ms Edna Molewa, and the Mozambican minister of tourism, Mr Carvalho Muária.
Read more about the agreement between South Africa and Mozambique, as well as rhino poaching related news, here.
