Tuesday 15 August 2017

Rhino Poaching is Decreasing in South Africa

Rhino Poaching is Decreasing in South Africa

Good news out of South Africa (home to a very large rhinoceros population) - poaching numbers seem to be decreasing and poaching related arrests are increasing. 2016 saw 1,054 rhinos poached for the horns, a drop from the 1,174 rhinos taken in South Africa in 2015. At the same time, there were approximately 680 arrests that came as a direct result of park ranger intervention, up from about 315 such arrests in 2015.
Read more: https://animalsupporter.com/pages/rhino-poaching-is-decreasing-in-south-africa?source=Snapzu

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