South Africa Kruger park rhinos to get extra wardens (BBC)

South Africa is hiring 150 extra rangers for the world-renowned Kruger national park to try to combat record poaching of rhinos for their horns.

Last week rangers found eight dead rhino in the park in just one day.

Last year, 448 rhinos were slain in South Africa, with more than half in Kruger.

A 150-km (95-mile) electric barrier will also be built along the border of Mozambique, where many of the poachers are believed to come from.

South Africa has been badly hit by poaching because it has the largest population of rhinos in the world, with about 20,000 animals - 70-80% of the global figure.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16576709




The bad news is that they're badly needed ... this is playing catch-up.