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REFILE-Rhino poachers are back after South Africa eases lockdown restrictions Reuters 2 hrs ago (clarifies poachers' methods) By Akhona Matshoba and Shafiek Tassiem HOEDSPRUIT, South Africa, May 3 (Reuters) - Rhino poaching is on the rise again in South Africa since the government loosened coronavirus restrictions, following a year-long lull due to the pandemic, wildlife parks say. The strict limits on travel, including international travel, imposed in March last year had the happy side effect of keeping poachers at bay. In 2020, 394 rhinos were poached, 30% fewer than the year before and t...

THE STANDARD AFRICA South Africa began easing international travel restrictions in November. [Reuters] The strict limits on travel, including international travel, imposed in March last year had the happy side effect of keeping poachers at bay. In 2020, 394 rhinos were poached, 30 per cent fewer than the year before and the lowest yearly tally since 2011. But then South Africa began easing international travel restrictions in November. "Since November, December last year and into 2021, this landscape and particularly Kruger National Park has been experiencing serious numbers of rhino poachin...

Hoedspruit, South Africa: Rhino poaching is on the rise again in South Africa since the government loosened coronavirus restrictions, following a year-long lull due to the pandemic, wildlife parks say. The strict limits on travel, including international travel, imposed in March last year had the happy side effect of keeping poachers at bay. In 2020, 394 rhinos were poached, 30 per cent fewer than the year before and the lowest yearly tally since 2011. But then South Africa began easing international travel restrictions in November. “Since November, December last year and into 2021, this la...

Rhino poachers are back after South Africa eases lockdown restrictions Reuters 2 hrs ago By Akhona Matshoba and Shafiek Tassiem HOEDSPRUIT, South Africa, May 3 (Reuters) - Rhino poaching is on the rise again in South Africa since the government loosened coronavirus restrictions, following a year-long lull due to the pandemic, wildlife parks say. The strict limits on travel, including international travel, imposed in March last year had the happy side effect of keeping poachers at bay. In 2020, 394 rhinos were poached, 30 percent fewer than the year before and the lowest yearly tally since 2...

By Akhona Matshoba and Shafiek Tassiem The strict limits on travel, including international travel, imposed in March last year had the happy side effect of keeping poachers at bay. In 2020, 394 rhinos were poached, 30 percent fewer than the year before and the lowest yearly tally since 2011. But then South Africa began easing international travel restrictions in November. “Since November, December last year and into 2021, this landscape and particularly Kruger National Park has been experiencing serious numbers of rhino poaching incidents,” said Jo Shaw, the Africa Rhino Lead for WWF Inte...