Poachers kill 259 rhinos in six months, KZN hardest hit

De-horned rhinos at the Buffalo Dream Ranch, the biggest private rhino sanctuary in the continent, in Klerksdorp. Picture: SIPHIWE SIBEKO/REUTERS

In the six months to the end of June, 259 rhinos were killed illegally. That’s 10 more than the same period last year and equivalent to 57% of the total for 2021. KwaZulu-Natal was the hardest with a loss of 133 rhino, more than triple the 33 killed in the first half of last year, the department of forestry, fisheries & the environment said in a statement on Monday.

SA is home to most of the world’s white rhinos and some black rhinos. The animals are killed for their horns, which are smuggled to East Asia, where there is an unsubstantiated belief that products made from them treat cancer and increasing virility. The country has been battling rampant poaching for more than a decade and lost more than 1,000 of the animals every year from 2013 until 2017.

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