{"id":2424,"date":"2015-06-19T12:18:44","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T11:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=2424"},"modified":"2015-11-19T13:03:02","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T12:03:02","slug":"amid-rhino-poacing-frenzy-dark-days-for-south-african-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/06\/amid-rhino-poacing-frenzy-dark-days-for-south-african-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Amid rhino poaching frenzy, dark days for South African society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2425\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/rhinos-in-south-africa.jpg\" alt=\"rhinos in south africa\" width=\"717\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/rhinos-in-south-africa.jpg 717w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/rhinos-in-south-africa-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/>&#8220;As much as we&#8217;ve got informants outside [in the syndicates], we&#8217;ve got informants in our own ranks,&#8221; one SANParks guy who didn&#8217;t want to be named told me. He knew that National Park staff had been approached by syndicate members. &#8220;I&#8217;ll guarantee you 90 percent of the time it&#8217;s [intel] coming from inside\u2026 We do believe this rot has set in right to the senior-most levels.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is a long, challenging read, but if you want to get your head round the escalating crisis in rhino poaching, this is the place to start.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"su-highlight\" style=\"background:#81b910;color:#fff\">&nbsp;In Brief&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;South Africa is in the eye of a global rhino-poaching cyclone, with 393 animals slaughtered in the first third of 2015 \u2014 an <a href=\"http:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2015\/0513-hance-rhino-poaching-rate.html\">18 percent increase compared to 2014<\/a>.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;SANParks, South Africa&#8217;s national parks agency, estimates that 15 rhino poaching teams operate in Kruger every night. &#8220;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I tell the antipoacher that the head of another South African national park told me he only trusts 50 percent of his staff. The antipoacher replies sharply that he trusts zero percent of the guys he works with.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iBTJvnGb34M\">legal wildlife auctions<\/a> held in South Africa, a live rhino can fetch a breeder or a game reserve about $30,000. Killed for its horn, the same rhino could be worth 10 times more \u2014 $300,000.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"su-highlight\" style=\"background:#81b910;color:#fff\">&nbsp;In Depth&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2015\/0605-smith-rhinoceros-poaching-South-Africa.html#ixzz3dVMetMQC\" target=\"_blank\">Read the whole article on Mongabay<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See what tourism can do in article &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/jmcsmith.co.uk\/2013\/01\/02\/silence-is-not-an-option\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">What can tourism do about wildlife poaching?<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"su-highlight\" style=\"background:#81b910;color:#fff\">&nbsp;In the Future&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s getting worse every year. Everyone&#8217;s involved, even those supposed to be in charge of protection. 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