Animal Ethics Project

Four alleged rhino poachers were arrested in Kruger National Park this past weekend. This brings the total to 11 suspected poachers apprehended at different sections of Kruger National Park since the beginning of 2020.

The suspects remain in custody and are currently under investigation. They were found in possession of a heavy calibre riffle, ammunition, and poaching equipment.

Spokesperson for Kruger National Park, Ike Phaahla, stated that the arrests reportedly follow “an intelligence-driven operation involving rangers, and protection and air wing services, with support from private concession colleagues,” as noted by Dispatch Live and South African National Parks (SANParks).

As previously reported by WAN, South African National Parks announced an encouraging start to 2020. Their anti-poaching team arrested seven suspected rhino poachers in Kruger National Park (KNP)in the first nine days of the year.

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Wherever you go in Britain – in city, town or country – you can come across a hidden wildlife haven. It may be home to sand lizards and stoats, adders and orchids, butterflies and bush-crickets, water voles, peregrine falcons, or great crested grebes.

Yet often these oases are not official nature reserves, but little scraps of land we rarely consider important for nature. Churchyards, roadside verges, railway cuttings and disused quarries may not appear to have much in common. But they were all originally created for humans’ needs, before becoming places where wild creatures thrive. Together, they add up to an area larger than all our official nature reserves combined.

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