For the first time since 2007 rhino poaching figures have declined

Last year 1175 rhino were poached nationally - 40 fewer than in 2014.

The World Wildlife Fund has said that in Namibia 80 rhino were poached last year, up from 25 the year before and from only four in 2013.

In Zimbabwe 50 of the animals were killed in 2015 - more than double than in the previous year.

"After seven years of increases, a decline in the rate of rhino poaching in South Africa is very encouraging but the overall rate is unacceptably high," said Dr Morné du Plessis, CEO of WWF SA.

International wildlife activist group Traffic said across Africa at least 1305 rhino were killed last year.


Source: Times LIVE
Fri 22 Jan 2016 at 08:18