Stop Rhino being sold by Kruger Park to Hunting Farms

[Guest guest]

Dear Mr Mabunda

 

We the undersigned, ask you to please re consider your decision to sell 200 to

350 rhino from Kruger Park. With the increase in poaching this is not a wise

decision. Especially since most of the rhino are to be sold to hunting farms.

Many dedicated people which include many of your staff and SANParks spent many

hours and years of dedication to increasing the reduced rhino populations. To

now assist in wiping out the rhino population yet again is not a wise decision.

 

There seem to be no figures of the actual populations of the rhino in Kruger

available. There is also no scientific papers to ensure that removing this many

Rhino from the parks will not have a serious negative effect on the remaining

rhino populations in the parks.

 

Conservation should be paid for from the national budget, and SANParks should

not be turning wild animals into mere commodities to raise funds.

 

Bad management is also not an excuse. The latest debacle with the rhino sold to

John Hume, is an example of mismanagement. The farm should have been inspected

for suitability to place rhino, this was not done with a result 10 rhino died.

This was only the start of the sale and re-location what will happen to the

other 300 you want to sell and move.

 

Hector Magome, executive director of conservation services at Sanparks, said the

game park did not have a legal duty to see to the welfare of the animals after

they were sold.

 

Hector Magome also said, " However, we do feel ethically responsible for these

animals, and therefore we screen prospective buyers carefully. If a buyer has

let us down once, we'll never sell rhinos to him again. "

 

As responsible citizens we can not allow this kind of thing to happen. We would

not be as outraged if the animals were re-located to other reserves.

 

But to sentence them to death by sending them to hunting farms just to make

money is shocking.

 

I know SANParks said that they would use the profits from the rhino sales to buy

more land for conservation and to initiate special conservation projects.

 

The word conservation stands out in that sentence, selling rhino to hunters does

not fit with the word conservation, conservation means preserving, conserving,

you are custodians (custodians are protectors of). So how can one be seen to be

conservationists if you are destroying the very creatures you are commissioned

to protect.

 

We would like this issue resolved as soon as possible.

Please sign teh PETITION found here..

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/save-rhino-from-being-sold-to-hunters

and read more info here.... http://scorerjanineblog.blogspot.com/

 

Proof that John Hume hunts on his premises

Please Note This Is Sensitive Viewing

white rhino:

http://www.africatrophyhunting.com/TrophyRoom.asp?sf=8 & PageStack=%2FTrophies.asp\

%3Fsf%3D8 & Id=56

Black rhino: http://www.africatrophyhunting.com/TrophyRoom.asp?sf=8 & PageStack=

%2FTrophies% 2Easp%3Fsf% 3D8 & Id=55

Sabel:

http://www.africatrophyhunting.com/TrophyRoom.asp?sf=8 & PageStack=%2FTrophies%2Ea\

sp%3Fsf%3D8 & Id=10

And a article refrencing john as owner of mauricedale: http://www.int.iol.co.za/

index.php?setid=1 & clickid=13 & artid=ct20000625205215 317R500996

 

Please note these are shocking images to many ..

THIS is also related to poachers using hunting permits issued by SA illegally

http://www.rhinos-irf.org/en/art/637/

have a good day all