At least 75 rhinos have been poached in KwaZulu-Natal since the start of 2022, which could end up being the worst year on record for KZN’s rhinos.
According to the Daily Maverick, the 75 rhinos poached in the first 92 days of 2022 have mostly affected Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park. In 2017, a record 222 rhinos were poached in KZN but dropped to 93 in 2020 and 102 last year.
Anti-poaching efforts in the Kruger National Park has seen relative success, SANParks did warn that poaching syndicates are looking to other areas for easy prey.
Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park seems to have become easy pickings for poachers, where there are simply not enough boots on the ground to cope.
Hluhluwe-iMfolozi is Africa’s oldest conservation area, proclaimed in 1875 to protect the last remnant population of the southern white rhino, which was instrumental in repopulating Kruger in the early days.
Picture: Getaway Gallery
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