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The case is yet another matter pointing to a time-sensitive crime crisis ravaging critical ecosystems in South Africa. Prosecuting authorities have warned that criminals targeting plants pose an immense and potentially irreversible problem. Some plants, like succulents, that are stolen and retr...
Plant poaching is on the increase, say police.
Plant poaching is on the increase, say police.
More than 1,5 million dwarf succulents have been poached from the Succulent Karoo over the past three years. World Wide Fund for Nature SA and the SA National Biodiversity Institute are working together to solve the probem.
Plant poaching in the Northern Cape is on the increase, say police. By November last year, officers had confiscated about 415 000 plants.