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The managing executive of the park extended his condolences to the family.
"Entering Kruger National Park illegally and on foot is not wise," he said. "It holds many dangers and this incident is evidence of that."
Kruger National Park has an ongoing problem with poaching and there remains a strong demand for rhino horn in Asian countries.
On Saturday, Hong Kong airport authorities seized the biggest haul of rhino horn in five years, valued at $2.1m (£1.6m).
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I blame the buyers of the poached animals, namely wealthy Chinese who will pay what the impoverished poachers consider a fortune for the animals tusks and such.
originally posted by: gortex
Agreed , that is the root of the evil which will persist until the market for ivory and horn is ended , more pressure needs to be put on Far Eastern countries to end the trade in their superstition medicines and ivory trinkets.
originally posted by: gortex
Now that's what I call teamwork , nature in action !
The group of poachers had entered South Africa's Kruger National Park with the intention of killing a few rhino and bagging some rhino horn but according to his accomplices who informed the family of the suspected poacher's death he was killed by an elephant , a search party found nothing but a human skull and a pair of trousers on Thursday , it's believed his body was taken by lions...