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Fri, 27/04/2007 - 12:25am
A total of 94 animals, including 20 white rhino, were killed by poachers in the Kruger National Park last year, Environmental Affairs Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said on Friday.
Also on the list of animals poached in South Africa's flagship reserve were 35 impala, 15 buffalo and three lions, according to a written reply by the minister to a parliamentary question.
The list covers the 12 months from April 1, 2006, to end March this year.
Other animals poached included four zebra, three waterbuck, one elephant and a crocodile, Van Schalkwyk said.
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I cannot help but wonder whether the numbers of White Rhino poached (which far exceed the numbers of other animals, barring Impala) is due to 'inside information' about where the rhino are at any one time?
Considering the size of Kruger it appears to be a bit too coincidental that the rhino are so easily located by 'random' poachers? This smacks of an inside job to me....
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