South Africa dehorns dozens of rhinos with an aim to prevent poachers from taking advantage of the post-Covid-19 crash in tourism to kill them for horns
A veterinarian attends to a tranquillised rhino before it is dehorned in an effort to deter poaching, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease , at the Pilanesberg Game Reserve in North West Province, South Africa, May 12, 2020. Picture taken May 12, 2020.
As Jacobs flew a helicopter over Pilanesburg last month with Reuters journalists, they spotted a lioness eating the carcass of a rhino that had been poached days earlier. Experts fear the absence of tourists may already have spurred a poaching spike. "I've seen so many slaughtered, butchered rhinos. What is the solution?" he said. "For them to come when there's lions, elephants ... It's too much risk for that little piece," he said.
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