South Africa Says First Kruger Elephant Poached in 10 Years
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South Africa reported the first case of elephant poaching in the Kruger National Park in more than 10 years, as a patrol found a bull shot and its tusks hacked off in the northern part of the reserve, near Mozambique.
“We are definitely worried there might be more, we simply hope it’s not the start of an onslaught on these animals,” Reynold Thakhuli, a spokesman for South African National Parks, said by phone today. “We are on high alert.”