AgriECO Zululand January 2014

TEL: 035 799 0500 • FAX 035 772 5596 CONSERVATION Hunting rhino for funds Veilige kos vir aasvoëls 2 3 BEWARING DAIRY 5 Reproduction management VOL 3 NO. 1 FEBRUARY 7, 2014 Wielding the big stick for conservation RICHARD COMPTON IN a massive joint raid by... More

TEL: 035 799 0500 • FAX 035 772 5596 CONSERVATION Hunting rhino for funds Veilige kos vir aasvoëls 2 3 BEWARING DAIRY 5 Reproduction management VOL 3 NO. 1 FEBRUARY 7, 2014 Wielding the big stick for conservation RICHARD COMPTON IN a massive joint raid by the SAPS and Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife at False Bay last week, 42 fishing craft and almost 5kms of gill nets were confiscated and destroyed. A 45-strong force including two helicopters and a fleet of 13 vehicles descended on the shores of False Bay. Their goal was to stop the local people in the Nkunduze area on the southern boundary of False Bay from practising commercial gill netting activities and providing a ferrying point for rhino poachers to cross over onto the eastern shores of Lake St Lucia. This was the third raid in as many months which signalled the formation of a new state-supported body to combat rhino and related poaching activities in KZN. Ezemvelo’s Manager: Rhino Security KZN, Cedric Coetzee said the operations signalled Less