01 August 2023

South Africa: New rhino poaching figures!

South Africa's Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has released the rhino poaching figures for the first six month of 2023. A total of 231 rhino have been poached for their horn in South Africa between 01 January 2023 and 30 June 2023. Forty-two rhinos were poached in the Kruger National Park and 143 in KwaZulu-Natal Province. Forty-six of the rhinos killed were in privately-owned nature reserves and 143 in provincially owned reserves.

The provincial and national breakdown for January to June 2023 is as follows:

  • SANParks - 42 rhinos killed by poachers
  • Gauteng - 0 rhino killed by poachers
  • Limpopo - 20 rhinos killed by poachers
  • Mpumalanga - 5 rhinos killed by poachers
  • North West - 5 rhinos killed by poachers
  • Eastern Cape - 15 rhinos killed by poachers
  • Free State - 0 rhino killed by poachers
  • Northern Cape - 0 rhino killed by poachers
  • Kwa-Zulu Natal - 143 rhinos killed by poachers
  • Western Cape - 1 rhino killed by poachers

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