Rhinos poached in 2015 - 1175
Total rhinos poached in 2014 - 1215
Rhinos poached in 2013 - 1004!!
Below the official statistics as provided by the Department of Environment Affairs 11 September 2016
For the full report from the Minister of Environmental affairs, click here
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Poaching
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|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
2015
|
2016
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| KNP |
36
|
50
|
146
|
229
|
425 | 606 | 827 | 826 | 414 | |
| MNP |
0
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| GP |
0
|
7
|
15
|
9
|
1 | 8 | 5 | |||
| LIM |
23
|
16
|
52
|
74
|
59 | 114 | 110 | |||
| MP |
2
|
6
|
17
|
31
|
28 | 92 | 83 | |||
| NW |
7
|
10
|
57
|
21
|
77 | 87 | 65 | |||
| EC |
1
|
3
|
4
|
11
|
7 | 5 | 15 | |||
| FS |
0
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
0 | 4 | 4 | |||
| KZN |
14
|
28
|
38
|
34
|
66 | 85 | 99 | |||
| WC |
0
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| NC |
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Total |
83
|
122
|
333
|
448
|
668 |
1004
|
1215 |
1175 |
796 |
|
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Arrests
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| South Africa |
2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
2015
|
2016
|
|
| KNP (KNP) |
67
|
82
|
73 | 133 | 147 | 202 | 177 | |
| Gauteng (GP) |
10
|
16
|
26 | 10 | 21 | |||
| Mpumalanga (MP) |
16
|
73
|
66 | 34 | 43 | |||
| Eastern Cape (EC) |
7
|
2
|
0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Limpopo (LP) |
36
|
34
|
43 | 70 | 60 | |||
| North West (NW) |
2
|
21
|
32 | 26 | 14 | |||
| Free State (FS) |
0
|
0
|
6 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Kwa Zulu Natal (KZN) |
25
|
4
|
20 | 63 | 57 | |||
| Western Cape (WC) |
2
|
0
|
0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Northern Cape (NC) |
0
|
0
|
1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total |
165
|
232
|
267 | 343 | 367 | 317 | 414 | |
South Africans are urged to report incidents of poaching and tip-offs to the anonymous tip-off lines , or Crime-Line on 32211.
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