Namibia: Eleven rhino carcasses discovered in Etosha National Park! [update]

update (11 July 2022): According to Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism spokesperson Romeo Muyunda, law enforcement officials in Namibia have arrested 11 people in connection with the June 2022 poaching incidents where 11 rhinos were killed in Etosha National Park.

Namibia's Mininstry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT) has announced that eleven black rhino carcasses without horns have been discovered in Etosha National Park since 01 June 2022. Investigations indicate that the carcasses range between 3 weeks and older. This brings the total number of recorded cases of rhino poaching in Namibia to 22 since the beginning of this year. No arrests have been made yet on the recent discovery of rhino carcasses in Namibia's flagship park..
The MEFT further announced that it will together with the Namibian Police Force, the Namibia Defence Force and other partners intensify wildlife protection and law enforcement interventions in Etosha National Park. 

Botswana dehorns all rhinos in the Okavango Delta!

Botswana's Department of Wildlife and National Parks has undertaken an operation to dehorn all black rhinos and white rhinos in the Okavango Delta, home to the majority of the country's wild rhino population. This operation was necessitated by the rise in rhino poaching over the past few years. Especially the Okavango Delta rhino population has been hard hit by the recent poaching surge with 56 animals reported poached as of 04 May 2020. The dehorning of all rhinos is accompanied by the intensification of surveillance and monitoring of rhinos in Botswana as well as the relocation of highly endangered black rhinos from the Okavango Delta to a secret location.