(ANSA-AFP) – JOHANNESBURG, 06 JUL – Three poachers suspected of killing several rhinos in the Kruger National Park have been arrested thanks to the use of trained dogs: officials of the same Park said today.
Foresters spotted a carcass and an injured rhino on Friday morning after being alerted by a tourist who reported hearing gunshots, the National Park explains in a statement.
Two more dead rhinos were soon found in the area, leading to the use of another helicopter, more forest rangers and dogs. “The hounds have indicated a specific area where the three suspects were found and arrested,” the statement said.
The park, which borders Mozambique, is a tourist attraction and the suspects have been described as Mozambican citizens who arrived in South Africa illegally and armed with a high-caliber shotgun, ammunition and the horns of three rhinos. The population of the latter in Kruger Park has greatly decreased due to poaching.
In 2021, it amounted to 3,529 white and 268 black rhinos, a decrease of more than half compared to 2013, according to the charity Save the Rhino International. South Africa is home to nearly 80 percent of the world’s rhinos. (ANSA-AFP).
Source: Ansa
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