More Than 800 Rhinos Were Dehorned In Kruger National Park
Taking a chainsaw to a rhino doesn’t sound like it could be a good thing. And it isn’t the preferred action any game reserve management decides to take.
For the preservation of the species, however, rhino dehorning is a strategy that is helping to decrease the number of rhinos poached and killed for their horns.
Rhino horn is a lucrative and much sought-after product in certain countries, making the poaching of one of these animals a risk worth taking. Illegal poachers have absolutely no qualms about taking the life of a rhino and axing the horn from its bleeding skull.
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- When you come across a sighting, slowly pull over on the side of the road closest to the animal, but keep a safe distance
- If there are animals in the road, immediately stop at least 20 m from them
- The lane furthest from the sighting should never be blocked, so that others can pass if they want to
- Don’t linger longer than a few minutes at a sighting, so that others can view it too
- Never go off the designated roads
- Never climb out of your vehicle during a drive, or hang out of your car windows or sunroof
- Don’t hoot or blare loud music
- Avoid driving into vegetation, as this could damage the environment or kill small animals
- During night drives, never shine a spotlight directly in animals’ eyes
- Never make noise to get animals to move, stand up or otherwise react for pictures
- Respect the rangers, and always comply with their requests or instructions
Glad they are doing something to protect these animals from human stupidity..
What Kruger Park did with the horns? It sounds strange the claim.
Dehorned?
Isn't it illegal to hunt n kill rhino?
They need their horn for protection
Poachers would still hunt them for the stumps!! If they can slaughter whole families of elephants and youngsters for 2/4 inches of ivory , the stumps at the base are at the widest…. We’ve all seen how they their horns off..😮😢