I am not talking about Scotland rugby here.
Poaching is very real in South Africa. We are so spoiled with wild life. On the south coast its perlemoen and kreef. Inland its elephants and rhino's. Plants its everywhere.
My son is heavy in nature conservation and is going north from next year to join up north with the anti poaching security mostly Rhinos.
Never knew these poachers are like the mafia, so it will be tough on him but worth a while for his experience. We did army , so this is his time for leapard crawling and patrolling by foot.
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Good luck to him and hope he stays safeOomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 11:56 am I am not talking about Scotland rugby here.
Poaching is very real in South Africa. We are so spoiled with wild life. On the south coast its perlemoen and kreef. Inland its elephants and rhino's. Plants its everywhere.
My son is heavy in nature conservation and is going north from next year to join up north with the anti poaching security mostly Rhinos.
Never knew these poachers are like the mafia, so it will be tough on him but worth a while for his experience. We did army , so this is his time for leapard crawling and patrolling by foot.
A worthy cause
On a recent photographic safari, we were told if we took photos of rhinos, not to post on social media and certainly not to tag where they were. These were even dehorned ones. We did not even asked our guide to find them.
We were lucky enough to see them horned some time ago but did not want to see them like this. Also let them try and recover their numbers, if possible, with as little intrusion from us.
Good luck to your son. it is a great job they are doing.
We were lucky enough to see them horned some time ago but did not want to see them like this. Also let them try and recover their numbers, if possible, with as little intrusion from us.
Good luck to your son. it is a great job they are doing.
Romans said ....Illegitimi non carborundum --- Today we say .. WTF
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Best of luck to him.
Our guide told us the poachers poison carcasses to avoid having vultures and other circling scavengers revealing the presence of a dead large animal. Dreadful business.
Our guide told us the poachers poison carcasses to avoid having vultures and other circling scavengers revealing the presence of a dead large animal. Dreadful business.
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Thanks for the nice replies. He is also involved with the NSRI . They are station 30, Struisbaai. It's a small town and they do all medical call outs aswell. It's all volunteering work.
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Great OP. Only thing that would have made it better would have been a reference to Namibia.
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Pretty sad. SanPark is pretty useless. The private owners however drive their own thing. My kid will be trained by a Rekkie. surely he will tough as nails after his training.
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Good for your boy, Oom.
Animals need as many champions as they can get these days.
Animals need as many champions as they can get these days.
SanParks will never win, so long as people in government are involved in the profits of poaching.OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2024 10:20 am Pretty sad. SanPark is pretty useless. The private owners however drive their own thing. My kid will be trained by a Rekkie. surely he will tough as nails after his training.
If South Africa is serious about stopping poaching, it will. In Kenya it was out of control in the 1980s to the point where they realised they may have no elephants left. Now we're a success story of wildlife, our elephant and rhino numbers are soaring. National parks and private conservancies work together.
When you look at the map of South Africa, it's tragic how few places there are to go and enjoy wildlife.
We don't have Rhino on the farm. Last week there was a drone flying over the farm. We called the Farm Watch and Security Company. They chased followed it with their own drone and got the registration number of the vehicle that it returned to and photos of the operator. This has been handed over to the Cops.
Stock Theft and poaching are an ongoing problem in this area. One of the local businessmen is a well known Abalone poacher.
Stock Theft and poaching are an ongoing problem in this area. One of the local businessmen is a well known Abalone poacher.
That's insane. How do you fight that, apart from having a small private army to shoot them down.Chilli2 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2024 10:33 am We don't have Rhino on the farm. Last week there was a drone flying over the farm. We called the Farm Watch and Security Company. They chased followed it with their own drone and got the registration number of the vehicle that it returned to and photos of the operator. This has been handed over to the Cops.
Stock Theft and poaching are an ongoing problem in this area. One of the local businessmen is a well known Abalone poacher.
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Abalone poaching along the coast is a massive problem. They need to arrest the whole townships to kill it. And thats what make anti poaching so dangerous. Once they identify you, it put your whole family in danger.Chilli2 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2024 10:33 am We don't have Rhino on the farm. Last week there was a drone flying over the farm. We called the Farm Watch and Security Company. They chased followed it with their own drone and got the registration number of the vehicle that it returned to and photos of the operator. This has been handed over to the Cops.
Stock Theft and poaching are an ongoing problem in this area. One of the local businessmen is a well known Abalone poacher.
I disagree. They have to go after the top dogs. The township folk just want to put food on the table.
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Dogs are the best.
Drones work as well.
If they fly low enough you can take them down with a shotgun.assfly wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2024 10:49 amThat's insane. How do you fight that, apart from having a small private army to shoot them down.Chilli2 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2024 10:33 am We don't have Rhino on the farm. Last week there was a drone flying over the farm. We called the Farm Watch and Security Company. They chased followed it with their own drone and got the registration number of the vehicle that it returned to and photos of the operator. This has been handed over to the Cops.
Stock Theft and poaching are an ongoing problem in this area. One of the local businessmen is a well known Abalone poacher.
Using anything else is a bit dangerous. They security company just follows them with their own drones, if they have them with them.
The guys on the ground commit crimes of poverty. It's the big dogs (sic) who make money out of the poaching.
Like most things in our country the problems are socio economic for those on the ground. They are in turn exploited by the big dogs.
A lot of the coastal poaching stems from fishing quotas going to politically connected companies getting the tenders.
If the government really wanted to they could sort it out, but they don't really want to.