Tag: poaching
Eye-in-the-Sky: Cape Town’s new crime-fighting secret weapon
The City of Cape Town demonstrated its powerful new crime-fighting aerial surveillance technology during a staged search, rescue and car chase scenario on Monday, 6 May. On hand to observe was...
Rhino poaching declines
South Africa saw a marked decline in rhino poaching during 2020, with the killing of rhino declining by 33%.
“While the extraordinary circumstances surrounding the battle to beat the COVID-19 pandemic contributed...
Rhino poaching declines significantly
The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries says rhino poaching decreased by almost 53% in the first six months of 2020, with 166 animals being killed for their horns across the...
SA making strides against rhino poaching
South Africa’s efforts to curb rhino poaching continue to produce results, with 2018 figures revealing that incidents had dropped to 769, down from 1 028 in 2017.
This, said the Department of Environmental...