I
have just spoken with my son who works as a game ranger on a game reserve near the Kruger National
park in South Africa. It seems poachers shot three of the Rhino on the reserve. All
three were darted and their horns cut off. One was allowed to bleed to death
while the other two are extremely stressed and it is unknown whether they will
survive their injuries. It is strongly suspected that the poachers are of
European ethnic group as they drugged the Rhino first. Unfortunately
my son cannot place the Rhinos in a keep as this will stress them out even
more and definitely kill them off. My son and his colleagues have to leave
them in the wild and then hunt them down with a vet in tow to check on them.
This is not the first time it has happened as they have had many other animals
poached. The poachers are now getting very brazen with their attacks which are
sometimes within earshot of the lodges. Even with the best will in the
land unfortunately my son and his colleagues are fighting a losing battle
against poachers as my son and his colleagues only have normal hunting rifles
and not a sub machine guns, night scopes etc. The big concern is whether
the poachers will start thinking about attacking the lodges and robbing the
guests if anti poaching becomes too effective. As per the law in South
Africa, the rifles have to be securely locked up so to access them in a hurry
is impossible. They cannot carry the rifles with them while they are
taking guests out as this may upset some guests. It seems it is no longer
safe in the bush with these well organised gangs of poachers who have all the
latest and greatest equipment and are prepared to kill if they are cornered.
In the good old days, we could track down the poachers and shoot the bar stools
as we were all on an equal footing with no such thing as night scopes etc and
the poachers were a lot less organised! I hate poachers with a vengeance!
have just spoken with my son who works as a game ranger on a game reserve near the Kruger National
park in South Africa. It seems poachers shot three of the Rhino on the reserve. All
three were darted and their horns cut off. One was allowed to bleed to death
while the other two are extremely stressed and it is unknown whether they will
survive their injuries. It is strongly suspected that the poachers are of
European ethnic group as they drugged the Rhino first. Unfortunately
my son cannot place the Rhinos in a keep as this will stress them out even
more and definitely kill them off. My son and his colleagues have to leave
them in the wild and then hunt them down with a vet in tow to check on them.
This is not the first time it has happened as they have had many other animals
poached. The poachers are now getting very brazen with their attacks which are
sometimes within earshot of the lodges. Even with the best will in the
land unfortunately my son and his colleagues are fighting a losing battle
against poachers as my son and his colleagues only have normal hunting rifles
and not a sub machine guns, night scopes etc. The big concern is whether
the poachers will start thinking about attacking the lodges and robbing the
guests if anti poaching becomes too effective. As per the law in South
Africa, the rifles have to be securely locked up so to access them in a hurry
is impossible. They cannot carry the rifles with them while they are
taking guests out as this may upset some guests. It seems it is no longer
safe in the bush with these well organised gangs of poachers who have all the
latest and greatest equipment and are prepared to kill if they are cornered.
In the good old days, we could track down the poachers and shoot the bar stools
as we were all on an equal footing with no such thing as night scopes etc and
the poachers were a lot less organised! I hate poachers with a vengeance!
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