Posted by Botswana Safari News on June 06, 2020 | No comments
Two Dehorned white rhinos have gone down to poachers in Chiefs Island of Moremi Game Reserve.
The horn stubs were taken.
This follows the discovery of another white carcass at NG30 on Wednesday this week.
The government is facing an unprecedented spate of rhino poaching in the delta with more than 50 rhinos said to have been killed.
To control the scourge government translocated all black rhinos from delta and dehorned whites. There has been debate elsewhere that however, dehorning is not a deterrent for poaching as some poachers can even shoot dehorned animals in revenge.
Since the lockdown, the occurrence of poaching had gone down. Lots of poachers have been killed by antipoaching unit but it appears they keep on coming.
One source stated "these guys are residents there. There work in shifts and take turns to poach."
But Botswana this week sent a
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