24/08/2022
Rhino Wednesday 🦏
For the first six months of 2022 approximately 82 rhinos were poached for their horns in the Kruger national park.
In state properties 210 rhinos were poached and in privately owned there 49 rhinos. This makes in total 259 rhino.
There are approximately only 27 000 rhinos left in the wild. Of these there are only 2 Northern white rhinos in the wild, Najin and Fatu both female
Information:
https://www.fauna-flora.org/species/northern-white-rhino/
https://nationaltoday.com/world-rhino-day/
https://gkepf.org/259-rhino-poached-in-the-first-six-months-of-2022/
Photo: Heidi Liversage