Durban – Two suspected rhino poachers have been shot dead in a clash with police in the Phinda Game Reserve near Jozini, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Thursday.Captain Thulani Zwane said two others were arrested.Around 18:15 on Wednesday, a special task force, the Durban organised crime unit and the Nyathi anti-poaching unit, heard of a group of […]
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One of the arrested suspects is said to be a ‘king pin’ who is alleged to have been involved in a number of poaching incidents in the province. Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife’s anti rhino poaching community awareness campaign is bearing fruit in the form of arrests. On Wednesday, the community of Mnqobokazi (outside Hluhluwe iMfolozi Park) […]
TWO suspected poachers died and their two accomplices were arrested at Phinda Game Reserve near Jozini on Wednesday after a heavy gunfire exchange with members of the SAPS anti-poaching unit. SAPS spokesperson Captain Thulani Zwane said the incident happened at around 6:15pm after a group of suspected poachers were approached by members of the special […]
Conservationists have lauded the efforts of different police units and a private anti-poaching business for preventing a potential rhino poaching incident in Zululand recently. More often than not rhino poachers are caught with their booty after the crime, having left maimed or dead rhinos in their wake. According to KwaZulu-Natal SAPS spokesperson Colonel Jay Naicker, […]
On Tuesday, 3 June 2014 officers from the HAWKS, Stock Theft Unit, Special Task Force and Air Wing together with the Nyathi Anti-Poaching Unit conducted an operation following intelligence received of suspected poachers at a game reserve in northern KZN. According to the intelligence, these poachers were intending to poach rhinos for their horns. Whilst the operation […]
A crack anti-poaching unit has nabbed two men suspected of being part of an African rhino-poaching syndicate. The two Nigerians were allegedly caught red-handed inside a private Zululand rhino reserve at the weekend with a loaded .303 hunting rifle equipped with a silencer and telescope, 10 rounds of ammunition and an axe. The suspects, aged […]
A joint operation by Durban Organised Crime Unit, Special Task Force and Nyathi Anti-Poaching Unit yielded results in the fight against rhino poaching when they arrested three alleged rhino poachers at Phinda Game reserve. The fourth suspect died during the shoot-out between the suspects and the police. A .458 caliber pistol and a hunting rifle fitted with […]
A SUSPECTED rhino poacher was shot and injured while another managed to escape unharmed during a confrontation with anti-poachers at the Isimangaliso Wetlands Park late last night. Park’s media officer Siyabonga Mhlongo said the park had received information that poachers were again targeting its rhino. A combined operation between iSimangaliso’s contracted Nyathi Anti-Poaching and Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife […]
