Rhino poaching down last year, KZN still bears the brunt

KwaZulu-Natal now has the unwanted title of being South Africa’s most targeted rhino poaching province. The province, according to Forestry, Fisheries and Environment minister Dion Georg, lost 232 rhinos to poachers in 2024, with him, according to a statement, calling this “a notable decline” from the 325 in 2023. All told, South Africa’s rhino population […] The post Rhino poaching down last year, KZN still bears the brunt appeared first on defenceWeb.

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