{"id":182531,"date":"2022-07-07T09:52:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T01:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=182531"},"modified":"2022-07-07T09:52:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T01:52:26","slug":"south-africa-rhinos-killed-poachers-arrested-in-kruger-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=182531","title":{"rendered":"South Africa: Rhinos killed, poachers arrested in Kruger Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/assets\/news_photos\/2022\/07\/06\/image-70654-1657120469.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>JOHANNESBURG, July 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Three poachers suspected of killing\u00a0several rhinos in South Africa&#8217;s Kruger National Park were arrested after\u00a0they were tracked down by sniffer dogs, park officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Rangers flying over the park grounds spotted a carcass and an injured\u00a0rhino on Friday morning after being alerted by a tourist who reported hearing\u00a0gunshots, South African National Parks said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Two more dead rhinos were soon found in area, triggering the deployment\u00a0of another helicopter, more rangers and dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8220;The hounds indicated a specific area where three suspects were found\u00a0and arrested,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The park, which borders Mozambique, is a tourist magnet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The suspects, described as Mozambican nationals who were in the country\u00a0illegally, carried a high-calibre hunting rifle, ammunition and horns from\u00a0three rhinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Kruger&#8217;s rhino population has fallen dramatically due to poaching.\u00a0The park&#8217;s estimated tally in 2021 was 3,529 white and 268 black rhinos, down\u00a0more than half compared to 2013, according to the nonprofit Save the Rhino\u00a0<br>International.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;South Africa is home to nearly 80 percent of the world&#8217;s rhinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0But it is also a hotspot for rhino poaching, driven by demand from Asia,\u00a0where the horn is used in traditional medicine for its reputed therapeutic\u00a0effect.\u00a0&#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHANNESBURG, July 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Three poachers suspected of killing\u00a0several rhinos in South Africa&#8217;s Kruger National Park were arrested after\u00a0they were tracked down by sniffer dogs, park officials said.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Rangers flying over the park grounds spotted a carcass and an injured\u00a0rhino on Friday morning after being alerted by a tourist who reported hearing\u00a0gunshots, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":182532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213,215],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182531"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=182531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182533,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182531\/revisions\/182533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/182532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=182531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=182531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=182531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}