Rhino poaching update
The total number of rhinos poached in South Africa since the beginning of 2014 has increased to 146, as the number of people arrested for rhino poaching -related offences climbed to 44.
The Kruger National Park remains hardest hit by rhino poaching, having lost 95 rhinos since 1 January 2014. A total of 14 rhinos have been poached in North West, 14 in Limpopo, 10 in KwaZulu-Natal and 6 in Mpumalanga. Twenty poachers have been arrested the Kruger National Park and 10 in KwaZulu-Natal.
South Africans are urged to report incidents of poaching and tip-offs to the anonymous tip-off lines 0800 205 005, 08600 10111 or Crime-Line on 32211.
Rhino poaching statistics
| South Africa | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| KNP (SANParks) | 146 | 252 | 425 | 606 | 95 |
| MNP (SANParks) | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| GP | 15 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| LIM | 52 | 74 | 59 | 114 | 14 |
| MP | 17 | 31 | 28 | 92 | 6 |
| NW | 57 | 21 | 77 | 87 | 14 |
| EC | 4 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| FS | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| KZN | 38 | 34 | 66 | 85 | 10 |
| WC | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| NC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 333 | 448 | 668 | 1004 | 146 |
Rhino poaching arrests statistics
| South Africa - Arrests | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 |
| KNP | 20 | 133 | 73 | 82 | 67 |
| MNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gauteng (GP) | 0 | 10 | 26 | 16 | 10 |
| Mpumalanga (MP) | 0 | 34 | 66 | 73 | 16 |
| Eastern Cape (EC) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Limpopo (LP) | 1 | 70 | 34 | 34 | 36 |
| North West (NW) | 9 | 26 | 32 | 21 | 2 |
| Free State (FS) | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) | 10 | 63 | 20 | 4 | 25 |
| Western Cape (WC) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Northern Cape (NC) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 44 | 343 | 267 | 232 | 165 |
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