Friday, December 13, 2013

NEWSLINK: Rhino Crimes: Are the Right People Going to Jail?

The recent 25-year jail sentences dealt to three Mozambican nationals convicted of slaughtering rhinos was indeed encouraging news from the battle to save South Africa’s rhinos.
However, it must be noted that proper punishment continues to evade higher-ranking rhino horn profiteers.
Hiding behind the cloak of conservation
Unscrupulous individuals hiding behind the cloak of conservation are ferociously plundering South Africa’s rhinos Instead of joining South Africa’s battle to protect its rhinos, a corrupt minority of game farmers, professional hunters, and wildlife veterinarians have chosen to exchange their ethics for ill-gotten financial rewards.

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