r/antipoaching • u/ChingShih • Feb 10 '15

Press Release South African Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa Announces Committee to Probe Rhino Poaching

http://sanews.gov.za/south-africa/minister-announces-committee-probe-rhino-poaching
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u/ChingShih Feb 10 '15

This sounds like more form over function, but considerations in legalizing the rhino horn trade will have far-reaching effects throughout all the nations with rhino populations as well as European and Asian countries used as routes to traffick animal parts.

Related: Here is an interview from August of last year with Major-General Johan Jooste who is in charge of Kruger National Park's anti-poaching operations.