Kabok is a ‘rhino town’. The hidden village on the western border of Mozambique is one of the strongholds for rhino poachers. They earn hundreds of thousands euro’s with the trade in horns of killed rhino’s in South Africa. They are almost untouchable. Nor the army, nor the police can arrest the gang leaders.
Kabok is built on rhino poaching
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WWF launches campaign wildlife crime
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In response to record poaching rates, WWF launches a global campaign calling governments to combat illegal wildlife trade and reduce demand for illicit endangered species products. Demand for ivory, rhino horn and tiger parts from consumer markets in Asia is driving wild populations dangerously close to extinction. [Lees meer…]
African countries agree on sale of rhino horn powder
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Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia, Namibia and Angola are heading for a collision with rhino conservationists after it emerged that their governments had agreed to the sale of rhino horn powder in clinics and pharmacies.
