Two rhinos killed at Eastern Cape reserve, a decade after surviving poaching attack: Bonnie and Clyde, a rhino pair who survived a poaching attack a decade ago, were killed and dehorned at an Eastern Cape reserve on Wednesday.
Provincial police spokesperson Col Priscilla Naidu said: “It is alleged that the two adult rhinos, male and female, were last spotted during an afternoon game drive on February 1 and were discovered dead the following afternoon. Both horns from both carcasses were hacked off. A case of illegal hunting of a protected animal without a permit is under investigation.”“Bonnie and Clyde were survivors of a past poaching incident in 2012, however this poaching incident would turn out differently.
“The only thing we can do going forward, to secure the future of our rhino in South Africa, is to educate people, and to change the law in South Africa, and other countries,” they shared on theirEASTERN CAPE POACHING: Sadly, we believe the number of rhinos poached in the last 3 weeks is now 5. The EC has remained...
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