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Africa |
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Distribution - Poaching |
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African Rhino Species |
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When the discussion turned to the record of shocking indifference or sickening corruption of most African governments concerning wildlife, the speakers preferred not to be named: 'Trade bans and treaties are meaningless to corrupt government officials who are above the laws of their own lands and exploit their diplomatic pouches to transport illegal, banned rhino horn from Africa to the East,' says one. 'It is time to name names in spite of the over-sensitivity of black African governments ... to create public embarrassment and apply both diplomatic and economic pressure to stop poaching' says another.
The local parks and conservation departments themselves are often a danger to the animals they proclaim to protect: an estimated one-third of the rhinos poached in Kenya over the last ten vears were killed by employees of the Wildlife Department. In 1988, several game scouts with over 20 years of service in the Umfolozi or Hluhluwe Game Reserves in South Africa are serving time in prison - for poaching within those reserves.
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Rhino's last stand in Africa
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