POLITICS

A total of 1004 rhinos poached in 2013 - DoEA

Dept says this is up from 668 in 2012 and 448 in 2011

Rhino poaching update

17 Jan 2014

The total number of rhino poached in South Africa during 2013 increased to 1004, as the number of people arrested for rhino poaching-related offences climbed to 343.

During 2012, 668 rhino were poached, while 448 were killed in 2011. Since 2008, 2 778 rhino have been poached in South Africa. A total of 37 rhino have been poached since the start of 2014.

During 2013, the Kruger National Park continued to bear the brunt of rhino poaching losing a total of 606 of the iconic animals to poachers. A total of 114 rhino were poached in Limpopo, 92 in Mpumalanga, 87 in North West and 85 in KwaZulu-Natal.

The number of rhino poachers arrested during 2013 increased considerably with 343 being arrested, 133 of them in the Kruger National Park. In 2012, 267 alleged poachers were arrested. Since the beginning of 2014, 6 alleged poachers have been arrested.

South Africans are urged to report incidents of poaching and tip-offs to the anonymous tip-off lines 0800 205 005, 08600 10111 or Crime-Line on 32211.

Rhino poaching statistics

SA

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

KNP (SANParks)

146

252

425

606

34

MNP (SANParks)

0

6

3

3

0

GP

15

9

1

8

0

LIM

52

74

59

114

0

MP

17

31

28

92

0

NW

57

21

77

87

0

EC

4

11

7

5

0

FS

3

4

0

4

0

KZN

38

34

66

85

3

WC

0

6

2

0

0

NC

1

0

0

0

0

 

333

448

668

1004

37

Rhino poaching arrests statistics

South Africa - Arrests

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

KNP

6

133

73

82

67

MNP

0

0

0

0

0

Gauteng (GP)

0

10

26

16

10

Mpumalanga (MP)

0

34

66

73

16

Eastern Cape (EC)

0

0

0

2

7

Limpopo (LP)

0

70

43

34

36

North West (NW)

0

26

32

21

2

Free State (FS)

0

7

6

0

0

KwaZulu-Natal (KZN)

0

63

20

4

25

Western Cape (WC)

0

0

0

0

2

Northern Cape (NC)

0

0

1

0

0

Total

6

343

267

232

165

Statement issued by Albi Modise, Department of Environmental Affairs, January 17 2014

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