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CONSERVATION
Hunting rhino
for funds
Veilige kos
vir aasvoëls
2 3
BEWARING DAIRY
5
Reproduction
management
VOL 3 NO. 1 FEBRUARY 7, 2014
Wielding the
big stick for
conservation
RICHARD COMPTON
IN a massive joint raid by...
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TEL: 035 799 0500 • FAX 035 772 5596
CONSERVATION
Hunting rhino
for funds
Veilige kos
vir aasvoëls
2 3
BEWARING DAIRY
5
Reproduction
management
VOL 3 NO. 1 FEBRUARY 7, 2014
Wielding the
big stick for
conservation
RICHARD COMPTON
IN a massive joint raid by the SAPS
and Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife at False
Bay last week, 42 fishing craft and
almost 5kms of gill nets were confiscated and destroyed.
A 45-strong force including two
helicopters and a fleet of 13 vehicles
descended on the shores of False
Bay.
Their goal was to stop the local
people in the Nkunduze area on the
southern boundary of False Bay
from practising commercial gill netting activities and providing a ferrying point for rhino poachers to cross
over onto the eastern shores of Lake
St Lucia.
This was the third raid in as many
months which signalled the formation of a new state-supported body
to combat rhino and related poaching activities in KZN.
Ezemvelo’s Manager: Rhino Security KZN, Cedric Coetzee said
the operations signalled
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