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  • Caracal confiscated from the illegal wildlife trade, Somaliland
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  • Caracal confiscated from the illegal wildlife trade, Somaliland
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  • Caracal confiscated from the illegal wildlife trade, Somaliland
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  • Cheetah confiscated from the illegal wildlife trade, Somaliland
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  • Cheetah confiscated from the illegal wildlife trade, Somaliland
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  • Cheetah confiscated from the illegal wildlife trade, Somaliland
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  • Cheetah confiscated from the illegal wildlife trade, Somaliland
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  • Cheetah confiscated from the illegal wildlife trade, Somaliland
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  • Cheetah confiscated from the illegal wildlife trade, Somaliland
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  • Cheetah confiscated from the illegal wildlife trade, Somaliland
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  • Cheetah confiscated from the illegal wildlife trade, Somaliland
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  • A successfully dehorned white rhino.  The horn stumps are treated against infection. Dehorning is sadly only a temporary measure against poaching. Horns do grow back and it takes between 18 and 24 months before the animal needs to go through the same procedure again.
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  • A young white rhino lies partially sedated with eyes covered while its mother that is lying nearby, has her horns removed by a veterinarian. Young calves are immobilized at the same time as their mothers to prevent separation of the pair and to reduce stress. Where the calf is old enough, its horn stumps too will be removed.
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  • A white rhino bull clearly shows his magnificent horn. It is these horns that have become the target for syndicated criminals over the last decade with over 8000 rhino having been slaughtered for the horns. Gram for gram, these horns are more valuable than gold on the black market
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  • A white rhino calf stands close to her protective mother. As a result of the rampant poaching of rhino for their horn, the tipping point has now been reached where more rhino are being killed than are being born per year.
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  • Rhino poaching is also leaving a swathe of orphaned calves behind. These calves are extremely traumatized and require continual care at specialized facilities. Poachers tried to hack the horn stub of this calf off while he stood next to his dead mother. They slashed his back and face with machetes.
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  • Gyrostigma rhinocerontis Fly laying its eggs on the horn of a White Rhino, Phinda Private Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
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  • Gyrostigma rhinocerontis Fly laying its eggs on the horn of a White Rhino, Phinda Private Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
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  • Horn detail of a Cape Buffalo, Addo Elephant National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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  • Tsesebe bull rubbing his horns in mud as part of a territorial display, Mokala National Park, Northern Cape, South Africa
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  • Radio collar on the hind leg of an immobilised White Rhino, Somkhanda Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
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  • High Calibre bullet wound in the side of a White Rhino rom an attempted poaching incident, Somkhanda Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
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  • Ticks concentrated in the fold of White Rhino Skin, Somkhanda Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
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  • A black rhino stands in its boma alongside its caretaker. Empathy and compassion are absolute requirements for us all to be able to overcome this terrible scourge of wildlife crime that is decimating the iconic animals of Africa, including its rhino.
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  • All horns that are cut off a rhino during dehorning are carefully catalogued and micro-chipped and are then removed from the protected area to be stored at an off-site security facility.
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  • Ranger teams often have to operate into the darkness to counter poaching threats where they continually face numerous threats that includes possible encounters with dangerous animals, such as lion, buffalo and elephant. Fine-tuned teamwork with excellent leadership is absolutely paramount in ensuring the overall safety of these teams.
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  • Apart from effective military-type skills, the rangers have to have highly tuned bush skills that can allow them to operate in a rugged and dangerous terrain where they will often be far from support and have limited communications. In many ways, the skills required of a ranger are akin to those of a special forces soldier and these rangers are experts in their operating environment
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  • Although rangers in Africa have always had to work with weapons as a part of their duties, the recent escalation of wildlife crime has meant that military type tactics and training has become a standard operating procedure. Extensive weapons drills are repeatedly fine-tuned so that the rangers can protect themselves and their team members during contact with poaching gangs
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  • A white rhino bull stands silhouetted at sunset. We are at a crucial point in ensuring the long-term survival of rhino and many other species and a global effort must be undertaken at many different levels to halt wildlife crime.
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  • Apart from dehorning, other conservation measures include the translocation of rhino to new areas where strong protection measures are in place. Here a black rhino awaits transportation from South Africa to Chad where a new founder population of rhino is to be set up under the protection of African Parks.
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  • Horns from numerous dehorned white rhino are packed out on the floor in preparation for cataloging and removal to an off-site security facility.
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  • A white rhino bull stands partially sedated with his eyes covered and his ears blocked to reduce external stimuli at the start of a dehorning exercise.
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  • A conservation manager checks on the breathing rate of a partially sedated white rhino. Sedating a rhino for dehorning does carry inherent risks and animals are carefully monitored throughout the operation. Given the threat of poaching, dehorning is still considered viable and managers and vets would rather dehorn hundreds of rhino than have to undertake an autopsy on a single poached animal.
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  • Dogs have become an absolute game changer in the battle against rhino poaching with them being able to assist in detection work around persons, vehicles or buildings. Most importantly, they speed up tracking and follow up operations immensely and this has led to an increased arrest rate of poachers.
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  • As one of a suite of deterrents against rhino poaching in South Africa, many protected areas have taken to dehorning their rhinos. This is an extremely costly effort with the rhino in most cases having to be darted from a helicopter.
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  • White-backed vultures gorge on the carcass of a poached white rhino bull. In order to avoid detection, poachers sometimes lace the animals that they have killed with poison in order to kill the vultures. These vultures aid ranger patrols in finding the carcasses of poached animals. This year alone over 700 vultures have been poisoned and this is also pushing these critically important and wide-ranging scavengers towards extinction.
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  • Carcass of a poached White Rhino with both horns removed by the poachers, Phinda private Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
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  • Carcass of a poached White Rhino with both horns removed by the poachers, Phinda private Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
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  • A powerful hunting rifle that was recovered during a contact with poachers lies on the ground and is marked by a police cone. Careful evidence collection is required at each incident to be used in criminal proceedings against the poachers.
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  • Good discipline is paramount for rangers where they will be expected to make the right and legal decisions in a split second when they encounter well-armed poaching gangs that are targeting the rhino on protected areas.
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  • In recent years, greater support is rightfully being given to the ranger teams that are at the conservation frontline battling against poaching gangs. Most now undergo rigorous training regimes that begin with a tough selection course. This is followed by in-depth theoretical sessions so that they fully understand the environment that they will be working in.
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  • A suspected rhino poacher lies facedown and handcuffed after a successful intelligence-led operation to apprehend the poaching gang.
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