VOL 2 NO. 10 NOVEMBER 8, 2013
TEL: 035 799 0500 • FAX 035 772 5596
TROETELDIERE
Dieremuti
van die rak af
New home for
animals in
danger
3 5
CONSERVATION
6
Rhino horn
poisoning
takes off
LARRY BENTLEY
THULA Thula Private Game Reserve has taken
the lead among...
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VOL 2 NO. 10 NOVEMBER 8, 2013
TEL: 035 799 0500 • FAX 035 772 5596
TROETELDIERE
Dieremuti
van die rak af
New home for
animals in
danger
3 5
CONSERVATION
6
Rhino horn
poisoning
takes off
LARRY BENTLEY
THULA Thula Private Game Reserve has taken
the lead among private game reserves in KZN by
being the first to infuse their rhinos’ horns with the
cocktail of dye and poison.
The poisoning process was developed by Dr
Charles van Niekerk and his team and was tested
in private reserves in the Limpopo Province, but
Thula Thula is the first private reserve to treat their
rhino in KZN.
Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife infused their Tembe Elephant Park and Ndumu Game Reserve rhinos in
September which was the first large scale infusion
of rhinos in South Africa.
As the message spreads and more and more rhino horns are infused, it is hoped that the poachers
are deterred from poaching rhino, but as EKZNW
CEO Dr Bandile Mkhize said, ‘It is only another arrow in the quiver in the fight against the poaching.’
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