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Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>A white rhino has reportedly been killed and dehorned by poachers inside the protected Khama Rhino Sanctuary (KRS) in Botswana.<\/b><\/p>\n

Two separate conservationists have reported about the killing. One conservationist told this publication that their sources inside the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) confirmed the incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo weeks ago a white rhino was poached at Khama Rhino Sanctuary but they are denying it happened at their property but sources inside DWNP confirm it was indeed at KRS.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another conservationist Oscar Nkala wrote on his Instagram account: \u201cNobody will confirm that poachers killed and dehorned a rhino at the Khama Rhino Sanctuary because government policy in Botswana is to see nothing and hear nothing about poaching. I don\u2019t know whether this is done for the good of conservation or to massage the egos of the politicians.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nkala shared graphic pictures (The Telegraph can\u2019t confirm the authenticity of the images) of a dehorned white rhino claiming that is what the rhino looked like after the poachers were done with it.<\/p>\n

\u201cBotswana now tolerates poaching to the point of not worrying even when it happens in a supposedly safe location like the Khama Rhino Sanctuary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking to this publication following the reports KRS Chief Warden Thapelo Baiphethi denied any knowledge of a poaching incident within the park. He said the Botswana Defense Force (BDF) were the ones providing protection around the sanctuary and they were the ones who would inform him of such an incident. \u201cAs of now I have not been informed of any incident involving poachers within our perimeters,\u201d KRS Chief Warren said in a telephone interview.<\/p>\n

Attempts to get a comment from the DWNP drew a blank as the director, Dr. Kabelo Senyatso, did not respond to our inquiry. The KRS is a community based wildlife project, established in 1992 to assist in saving the vanishing rhinoceros. Covering approximately, 8585 hectares of Kalahari sand veld, the sanctuary provides prime habitat for white and black rhino as well as over 30 other animal species and more than 230 species of birds.<\/p>\n

The Botswana government has for the past few years been cagey about cases of rhino poaching, choosing to rather to respond or counter leaks from conservationists and DWNP game rangers.<\/p>\n

The fight against rhino poaching has, since 2018, been overshadowed by political posturing. It has since become a source of publicity war between President Mokgweetsi Masisi and his predecessor and staunch conservationist Ian Khama.<\/p>\n

Poaching rose by more than 100 percent since Khama left office in April 2018, raising questions about his successor\u2019s commitment to wildlife conservation.<\/p>\n

President Masisi\u2019s disarmament of the DWNP\u2019s anti-poaching unit in 2018 was widely seen as the reason behind the sudden rise in poaching incidences. Over 100 rhinos were killed and dehorned in the two years since he took office in 2018 as compared to the one rhino killed in the preceding two years of Khama\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n

A recent report by UK\u2019s Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) condemned the Botswana government\u2019s anti-rhino poaching efforts. The document \u2018The Rise of Rhinoceros Poaching in Botswana\u2019 released earlier this year, accused Botswana of being reluctant to work with other governments and civil society to address poaching. It said allegations of corruption have further called into question Botswana\u2019s ability to protect its rhino population from poaching and illegal trade. DWNP director Dr. Senyatso however called the document inaccurate and misleading.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a misguided and misinformed position by Environmental Investigation Agency,\u201d Senyatso told this publication recently. \u201cBotswana\u2019s law enforcement agencies, under the ambits on the National Anti-poaching Strategy (NAPS), have a myriad of pro-active approaches, including intelligence-led strategic, operational and tactical interventions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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