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Call for regular rhino poaching statistics

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One who has strong feelings about the lack of regular updates on rhino poaching in South Africa is Dave Bryant, Democratic Alliance (DA) shadow...

SANParks welcomes rhino poacher’s jail sentence

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The South African National Parks (SANParks) has welcomed the heavy sentencing of a rhino poacher by the Skukuza Regional Court, to a total of...

Donated Bat Hawk aircraft to boost Kruger conservation efforts

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South African National Parks (SANParks) has taken delivery of four Bat Hawk surveillance aircraft that were donated by Anglo American Platinum. The aircraft will...

On the hunt for counter-poaching technology

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Retired South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Major General Johan Jooste used the recent Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) 2022 exhibition in Pretoria to...

Suspected rhino poachers arrested in the KNP

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South African National Parks (SANParks) personnel have arrested three suspected poachers in the Kruger National Park (KNP) after they shot several rhinos in the...

Skukuza court hands down a combined 63 year sentence to poachers

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The Skukuza Regional Court on Tuesday handed down heavy sentences to rhino poachers in a move welcomed by South African National Parks (SANParks). Isaac Zitha...

Two members of abalone poaching syndicate arrested in Gqeberha

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Two key abalone poaching syndicate members were arrested on Friday 6 May in a joint operation between South African National Parks (SANParks) Environmental Crime...

SANParks deploys decoy rhinos in Kruger National Park

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Fed up with relentless poaching in its flagship national park, South African National Parks (SANParks) has today unveiled a new weapon in the fight...

Abalone poachers nabbed in Table Mountain National Park

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Following the recent deployment of an Airbus H125 helicopter to Table Mountain National, three poachers have been apprehended in an anti-poaching operation in the...

SANParks joint intelligence operations leads to arrest of suspected poachers

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South African National Parks (SANParks) today (10 December) said its Environmental Crime Investigation Unit (ECI) in collaboration with the South African Police Service (SAPS)...

Kruger National Park anti-poaching teams conclude May with successful arrests

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South African National Parks (SANParks) has announced further arrests of suspected poachers in the Kruger National Park (KNP), with four men apprehended. The four suspected...

SANParks applauds the sentences imposed on four rhino poachers

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South African National Parks (SANParks) has welcomed the finalization of two long running rhino poaching trials by the Skukuza Regional Court. One rhino poacher...

SANParks records another successful anti-poaching operation in the KNP

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South African National Parks (SANParks) has announced another operation that led to the arrest of three suspected poachers on Wednesday 21 April in the...

Five poachers caught and one fatally trampled by elephants in Kruger...

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The Kruger National Park (KNP) conducted anti-poaching operations that led to the arrest of five suspected poachers in the Pretoriuskop section of the park...

SANParks AS350 helicopter damaged in Cape Town accident

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A South African National Parks (SANParks) Airbus AS350B-3+ (Squirrel) helicopter was damaged after losing control during take off from Cape Town International Airport on...

SANParks celebrates South Africa’s first black game capture pilot

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South African National Parks (SANParks) has celebrated Captain David Simelane, South Africa’s first black game capture rated pilot. Nicknamed “Blackhawk, Simelane completed his game...

SANParks arrests seven poachers in nine days

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South African National Parks (SANParks) has in the first nine days of 2020 arrested seven suspected poachers in the Kruger National Park (KNP). The first...

Poachers fatally wounded in the Kruger Park

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A suspected rhino poacher has been arrested and two killed in a contact with rangers in the Kruger National Park (KNP). SANParks said the suspect...

SANParks sees successes against poachers

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South African National Parks (SANParks) has arrested six suspected poachers since the beginning of the month and confiscated three firearms. SANParks said it confiscated three...

SANParks welcomes heavy sentence for rhino poacher

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South African National Parks (SANParks) has welcomed the heavy sentence handed out to a poacher caught in the Kruger National Park in 2015, who...

Nine suspected poachers apprehended in Kruger

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Nine suspected poachers have been arrested in the Kruger National Park, with weapons and poaching tools recovered. SANParks on 24 July said the arrests took...

SANParks and Kruger partners work to minimise impact of rhino poaching

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South African National Parks (SANParks) and conservation partners in the Greater Kruger Region are collaboratively implementing a range of interventions as part of an...

Former SANParks employee arrested on poaching charges

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South African National Parks has announced a significant breakthrough in the fight against rhino poaching with the arrest of a high profile individual and...

SANParks arrests staff for poaching

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The South African National Parks (SANParks) today announced the arrest of four suspected poachers including a staff member in an intelligence driven operation.  The arrests...

SANParks aircraft crashes whilst pursuing poachers

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South African National Parks (SANParks) on Saturday confirmed that one of its fixed wing aircraft went down in the Kingfisherspruit section of the Kruger...

Suspected SANParks field rangers named

South African National Parks (SANParks) has announced that two of the Field Rangers who were arrested on 15 January in Crocodile Bridge on suspicion...

SANParks welcomes long sentence for poaching

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South African National Parks (SANParks) has welcomed the sentencing of a rhino poacher to a total of 33 years in prison for...

Meerkat named a SANParks innovator of the year

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The Postcode Meerkat surveillance system utilising the Reutech RSR 904 radar is a joint winner of this year's SANParks Innovation Award. The system...

SANParks receives R3 million for anti-poaching

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South African National Parks (SANParks) received a R3 million donation from the Legacy Experience project spearheaded by international cricketers, Kevin Pietersen and...

Toyota donates vehicle to SANParks to curb poaching

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In an effort to contribute to the fight against rhino poaching and other wildlife crime, Toyota South Africa Motors has donated a...

Rangers discover bomb in the Kruger National Park

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South African National Parks has today confirmed that Rangers conducting a patrol with K9 support in the south western boundary of the...

SANParks arrests a staff member on suspicion of rhino poaching

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South African National Parks (SANParks) today announced the arrest of a staff member on 25 August on suspicion of rhino paching. The...

New aircraft for Kruger

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The Kruger National Park's anti-poaching capabilities are set to receive a boost with the delivery of a new light aircraft, which will...

Dogs an indispensable part of Kruger’s anti-poaching operations

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Tracking and detection dogs are a tool the Kruger National Park would struggle to do without as they are responsible for the...

More rhino poachers arrested in the Kruger Park

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Twelve suspected rhino poachers have been arrested in the Kruger National Park in the last week, South African National Parks has announced. On...

How the campaign against poaching in Kruger is fought

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The man who manages the campaign of South African National Parks (SANParks) against wildlife crime and corruption, says it is his "toughest...

SANParks calls for anti-poaching assistance on Rhino Day

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South African National Parks (SANParks) is once again calling for assistances in the fight against the scourge of rhino poaching particularly in...

SANDF supporting anti-poaching efforts

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The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has emphasised the support it gives South African National Parks (SANParks) in the fight against...

Tech makes small gains in rhino poaching fight

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Technology is making some small gains in the fight against rhino poaching in SA. This emerged from environmental affairs minister Edna Molewa's speech...

Traditional healers join Kruger’s anti-poaching fight

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Traditional healers are joining the Kruger National Park's efforts to combat rhino poaching by refusing to supply poachers with muti and reporting...

Over a dozen suspected poachers apprehended in Kruger

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Thirteen suspected poachers have been apprehended in the Kruger National Park (KNP) in three separate operations as the Park continues the fight...

Eleven suspected poachers arrested in Kruger

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A total of eleven suspected poachers were arrested by police and rangers on 13 January in and outside the Kruger National Park,...

SANParks announces anti-poaching arrests in Kruger

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South African National Parks (SANParks) has announced the arrest of 14 suspected poachers in the Kruger National Park (KNP) in the past...

Kruger National Park ranger arrested for poaching

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One of the Kruger National Park's regional rangers, together with a veterinarian technician in the Government's Department of Agricultural and Forestry, Animal...

Milkor hands over grenade launchers to SANParks to boost anti-poaching fight

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Milkor today handed over 40 mm underbarrel grenade launchers to South African National Parks (SANParks) in Pretoria to assist it in the...

Rhino killing continues in Kruger

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With year-end three weeks away the Department of Environmental Affairs has not updated national rhino kill statistics since August but the figure...

Nautic donates RHIB to Sanparks

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The Nautic Group on 18 November donated a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) to South African National Parks (SANParks) to commemorate the...

Denel dogs to sniff out rhino poachers in Kruger

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Specially trained dogs will be deployed in the nature reserve for the next 18 months, in terms of an agreement between Denel and SANParks. The...

Denel dogs to sniff out rhino poachers in Kruger

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The formidable tracking skills of Denel's trained dogs will now be used to sniff out rhino poachers in the Kruger National Park. Specially trained dogs...

UAVs fighting poachers in Kruger

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Unmanned aerial vehicles are flying hundreds of missions to combat rhino poaching in the Kruger National Park as part of a year-long...