At to the lowest degree ii rhinoceros poachers were eaten past times lions on a South African game reserve, the possessor of the fellowship said on Thursday.
Credit: Getty Images |
“We suspect ii were killed, mayhap three,” Sibuya possessor Nick Fox said.
An ax in addition to 3 pairs of shoes in addition to gloves were establish after when police line in addition to an anti-poaching unit of measurement arrived. The lions had been heard making a commotion inwards the early on hours of Monday.
“We idea they must bring been rhinoceros poachers but the ax confirmed it,” Fox said. “They purpose the rifle to shoot the brute in addition to the ax to take the horn.”
South Africa is habitation to to a greater extent than than lxxx per centum of the world’s rhinos, whose population has been depleted past times poaching for buyers inwards Vietnam in addition to mainland People's Republic of China where rhinoceros horn is coveted every bit an constituent inwards traditional medicine.
More than 1,000 rhinos were killed inwards South Africa final year.
Sources: Reuters [July 05, 2018]
Sumber http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com
Buat lebih berguna, kongsi: