2oceansvibe News | March 6, 2020
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In April last year, we brought you the story of the poacher whose attempts to hunt rhino ended in him being trampled by an elephant and then eaten by lions.
Not all poachers end up that way (some would say, unfortunately), apparent when just a week later police busted rhino horn smugglers North West province with 167 rhino horns.
The Kruger Park has put a number of measures in place to try and protect the animals in their care, including their impressive K9 Unit.
Original photo as published by 2oceansvibe.com. [Image: South African Wildlife College]
These sniffer dogs would track down and identify contraband, like rhino horn, as poachers tried to smuggle it out of the country.
National Geographic reports that dogs were then also deployed to track poachers in the park:
The anti-poaching teams [first] used individual dogs (bloodhounds and Malinois) on leads to track humans. But often the man-dog pairs were unable to keep up with fleeing poachers. Gun fights between rangers and poachers were common, rhinos were dying, and arrests were few.
The dogs now work in packs, chasing down poachers and saving rhino.
Good boys and girls.
