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Rhino found shot in E Cape reserves

 

 

January 04 2009 at 02:02PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two rhinoceros have been found shot dead in two private game reserves in the Eastern Cape since December, police said on Sunday.In the most recent case rangers at the Kwantu game reserve found the carcass of a bull rhinoceros, with the horn still attached, on Saturday morning, said Inspector Milanda Coetzer in a statement.The Port Elizabeth Organised Crime unit was investigating.On December 5, 2008 a rhinoceros was shot dead in the Shamwari game reserve near Grahamstown."At about 8pm one of the field rangers... was on a game drive with tourists when he heard 10 gun shots fired from an automatic rifle."The carcass was found with the horn still intact. No arrests had been made in either case.Coetzer said police would patrol the borders of game reserves in the Grahamstown area and set up roadblocks to find automatic or hunting rifles.Anyone with information about the two incidents was asked to call Inspector Hein Kumm on 072-060-8097. - Sapa

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