New anti-poaching unit fights for wildlife
The new team also recovered 11 makeshift poacher's boats, 20 gill nets of various lengths, 70 dead fish, and released 70 others back into the water.
THREE suspected poachers were arrested last weekend when new anti-poaching unit Zululand Wildlife Crime Operations began operations on the Mhlathuze River.
The new team also recovered 11 makeshift poacher’s boats, 20-gill nets of various lengths, 70 dead fish, and released 70 others back into the water.
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As Mhlathuze River is one of the hardest-hit poaching areas, efforts to deter illegal activities were heightened as fish use the area to spawn.
As a new group, Zululand Wildlife Crime Operations aims to expand its volunteer services into different areas, and is working on generating income for the operations.
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