The Kenya Wildlife Service has opened investigation into mysterious deaths of three black rhinos in the Maasai Mara National Reserve.
But , even as investigations into the death of three black rhinos are underway, a video has surfaced online of a rhino killed at the Lake Nakuru National Park.
A video doing rounds the internet shows a rhino whose horn has been chopped off but its still alive ,the poachers however made away with the animal’s horns.
In the video a sound of what sounds like an approaching helicopter is heard as the cameras narrow to the poor animal .
BEWARE
Graphic content ??????This is what poachers Do to the Rhinos ????
Retweet widely! pic.twitter.com/XPgXcJX0dp
— Tembea Nakuru (@Tembea_Nakuru) November 21, 2018
The video of the rhino’s killing also comes hardly a month after eight others — that had been moved to the Tsavo National Park from Nakuru and Nairobi national parks — died mysteriously.
Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) have since refused to comment on the rhinoceros deaths but, speaking on condition of anonymity, one official said, “Seven of the rhinos died but it has not been established as to why.”
The eight were among 14 rhinos that were moved from Nairobi and Lake Nakuru national parks two months ago.
RT Protect_Wldlife: As ALWAYS, RickyGervais pulls NO punches ~ “If you think #rhino #horn is a medicine you are a fuckwit. If you are willing to buy it knowing how it is obtained you are a CUNT!”
How many more must die BEFORE they realise it is TOO LATE… pic.twitter.com/VcL0Mtm0Qx
— Tembea Nakuru (@Tembea_Nakuru) November 13, 2018
On October 29, the State Council, China’s cabinet, issued a circular on “strictly regulating activities involving the sale and use of rhino and tiger products”, thus lifting the 1993 ban on the medicinal use of these products.
Just as the world was still absorbing the shock, the Chinese authorities announced on November 12 that the issuance of the detailed regulations for implementing the circular had been postponed.
The clash inside China over the use of rhino and tiger parts is no secret to the global conservation and animal protection community. The October 29 circular was the result of years of active lobbying by the country’s wildlife business industry.
Kenya, one of the many African countries affected by the poaching crisis, saw a reduction in the number of rhino and elephant poached in 2017.
“Kenya lost nine rhinos and 60 elephants to poachers in 2017, compared to 14 rhinos and 96 elephants lost in the previous year” said Najib Balala, Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife for Kenya.
The decline in wildlife poaching in Kenya is a reflection of the hard work and dedication of the rangers who protect the animals in Kenya’s national parks, and community- and private-land conservancies. Increased levels of security have been complemented by tougher sentencing guidelines for wildlife crime and by community engagement initiatives.
Is china the threat to African wildlife that is a major tourist attraction?